diff --git a/lisp/tramp-rclone.el b/lisp/tramp-rclone.el
index a1767ab3..a2cf8e64 100644
--- a/lisp/tramp-rclone.el
+++ b/lisp/tramp-rclone.el
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ file names."
   "Maybe open a connection VEC.
 Does not do anything if a connection is already open, but re-opens the
 connection if a previous connection has died for some reason."
-  (unless (or (null non-essential) (tramp-rclone-mounted-p vec))
+  (unless (tramp-rclone-mounted-p vec)
     (let ((host (tramp-file-name-host vec)))
       (if (zerop (length host))
 	  (tramp-error vec 'file-error "Storage %s not connected" host))