--- a/pkg/imports/wx.go	Fri Apr 12 17:00:30 2019 +0200
+++ b/pkg/imports/wx.go	Fri Apr 12 17:01:13 2019 +0200
@@ -88,13 +88,6 @@
     ST_Transform(wtwaxs::geometry, (SELECT ST_SRID(a) FROM resp)))
 `
 
-	checkCrossingAxisSQL = `
-SELECT ST_AsText(ST_Intersection(new_line.wtwaxs, axis.wtwaxs))
-  FROM waterway.waterway_axis AS axis, waterway.waterway_axis AS new_line
-  WHERE new_line.id = $1 AND axis.id <> $1
-    AND ST_Crosses(new_line.wtwaxs::geometry, axis.wtwaxs::geometry)
-`
-
 	insertWaterwayAxisSQL = `
 WITH resp AS (
   SELECT users.current_user_area_utm() AS a
@@ -168,12 +161,6 @@
 	}
 	defer insertStmt.Close()
 
-	checkCrossingStmt, err := tx.PrepareContext(ctx, checkCrossingAxisSQL)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	defer checkCrossingStmt.Close()
-
 	// Delete the old features.
 	if _, err := tx.ExecContext(ctx, deleteWaterwayAxisSQL); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -244,7 +231,6 @@
 					nobjnam,
 					&outside,
 					&features,
-					checkCrossingStmt,
 					insertStmt); err != nil {
 					return err
 				}
@@ -264,7 +250,6 @@
 						nobjnam,
 						&outside,
 						&features,
-						checkCrossingStmt,
 						insertStmt); err != nil {
 						return err
 					}
@@ -315,7 +300,7 @@
 	props waterwayAxisProperties,
 	nobjnam sql.NullString,
 	outside, features *int,
-	checkCrossingStmt, insertStmt *sql.Stmt,
+	insertStmt *sql.Stmt,
 ) error {
 	var id int
 	err := savepoint(func() error {
@@ -337,19 +322,6 @@
 		feedback.Warn(handleError(err).Error())
 	default:
 		*features++
-		var crossing string
-		switch err := checkCrossingStmt.QueryRowContext(
-			ctx,
-			id,
-		).Scan(&crossing); {
-		case err != nil && err != sql.ErrNoRows:
-			return err
-		case err == nil:
-			feedback.Warn(
-				"Linestring %d crosses previously imported linestring near %s. "+
-					"Finding a contiguous axis may not work here",
-				id, crossing)
-		}
 	}
 	return nil
 }