diff --git a/src/task_filter_magic.bpf.c b/src/task_filter_magic.bpf.c
index 28a329bea42075b02af360cf3bffa3fa566e9b7d..17635a39d3ea60b8dddb9ce46a0aae84824192f6 100644
--- a/src/task_filter_magic.bpf.c
+++ b/src/task_filter_magic.bpf.c
@@ -52,15 +52,6 @@ int entry(void *ctx)
 			goto unmap;
 		}
 
-		/* err = fstat(fd, u_statbuf); */
-		/* if (err != 0) { */
-		/* 	goto unmap; */
-		/* } */
-		/* if (statbuf.st_size < offset + magic_size-1) { */
-		/* 	err = -1; */
-		/* 	goto unmap; */
-		/* } */
-
 		if (offset) {
 			off_t o = lseek(fd, offset, SEEK_SET);
 			if (o == -1) {
diff --git a/src/task_filter_magic.c b/src/task_filter_magic.c
index 944b31604144ec685d6de6a485699a83b3767adb..c17dc521a432fe8b6d9c580a61be35ea9cf94dd2 100644
--- a/src/task_filter_magic.c
+++ b/src/task_filter_magic.c
@@ -179,23 +179,6 @@ static int filter_magic_user_fp(size_t offset, const char *magic) {
 			return EXIT_FAILURE;
 		}
 
-		struct stat statbuf;
-		err = fstat(fileno(fp), &statbuf);
-		if (err != 0) {
-			log_debug("Skipping %s: Error fstat()ing file.", pathbuf);
-			goto fclose;
-		}
-
-		// handling only regular files and FIFOs
-		if (!S_ISREG(statbuf.st_mode) && !S_ISFIFO(statbuf.st_mode)) {
-			log_debug("Skipping %s: Mode %u is not a file.", pathbuf, statbuf.st_mode);
-			goto fclose;
-		}
-
-		if (statbuf.st_size < offset + magic_size-1) {
-			goto fclose;
-		}
-
 		if (offset) {
 			err = fseek(fp, offset, SEEK_SET);
 			if (err) {
@@ -206,8 +189,7 @@ static int filter_magic_user_fp(size_t offset, const char *magic) {
 
 		size_t nread = fread(buf, sizeof(char), magic_size-1, fp);
 		if (nread < magic_size-1) {
-			log_err("fread(%s) returned short item count", pathbuf);
-			return EXIT_FAILURE;
+			goto fclose;
 		}
 
 		if (strcmp(magic, buf) == 0) {
@@ -258,23 +240,6 @@ static int filter_magic_user(size_t offset, const char *magic) {
 			return EXIT_FAILURE;
 		}
 
-		struct stat statbuf;
-		err = fstat(fd, &statbuf);
-		if (err != 0) {
-			log_debug("Skipping %s: Error fstat()ing file.", pathbuf);
-			goto close;
-		}
-
-		// handling only regular files and FIFOs
-		if (!S_ISREG(statbuf.st_mode) && !S_ISFIFO(statbuf.st_mode)) {
-			log_debug("Skipping %s: Mode %u is not a file.", pathbuf, statbuf.st_mode);
-			goto close;
-		}
-
-		if (statbuf.st_size < offset + magic_size-1) {
-			goto close;
-		}
-
 		if (offset) {
 			off_t o = lseek(fd, offset, SEEK_SET);
 			if (o == -1) {
@@ -289,8 +254,7 @@ static int filter_magic_user(size_t offset, const char *magic) {
 			return EXIT_FAILURE;
 		}
 		if (nread < magic_size-1) {
-			log_warn("read(%s) returned short item count", pathbuf);
-			return EXIT_FAILURE;
+			goto close;
 		}
 
 		if (strcmp(magic, buf) == 0) {
@@ -353,23 +317,6 @@ static int filter_magic_user_burst(size_t offset, const char *magic, size_t max_
 				return EXIT_FAILURE;
 			}
 
-			struct stat statbuf;
-			err = fstat(fd, &statbuf);
-			if (err != 0) {
-				log_debug("Skipping %s: Error fstat()ing file.", pathbuf);
-				goto close;
-			}
-
-			// handling only regular files and FIFOs
-			if (!S_ISREG(statbuf.st_mode) && !S_ISFIFO(statbuf.st_mode)) {
-				log_debug("Skipping %s: Mode %u is not a file.", pathbuf, statbuf.st_mode);
-				goto close;
-			}
-
-			if (statbuf.st_size < offset + magic_size-1) {
-				goto close;
-			}
-
 			if (offset) {
 				off_t o = lseek(fd, offset, SEEK_SET);
 				if (o == -1) {
@@ -384,20 +331,16 @@ static int filter_magic_user_burst(size_t offset, const char *magic, size_t max_
 				return EXIT_FAILURE;
 			}
 			if (nread < magic_size-1) {
-				log_warn("read(%s) returned short item count", pathbuf);
-				return EXIT_FAILURE;
+				goto close;
 			}
 
 			if (strcmp(magic, buf) == 0) {
-				printf("%s\n", pathbuf);
+				write(STDOUT_FILENO, pathbuf, strlen(pathbuf));
+				write(STDOUT_FILENO, "\n", 1);
 			}
 
 		close:
-			err = close(fd);
-			if (err) {
-				perror("close");
-				return EXIT_FAILURE;
-			}
+			close(fd);
 		}
 	}
 }