diff --git a/src/Destination/DrupalDirectoryDestination.php b/src/Destination/DrupalDirectoryDestination.php
index ad06658a5783dab2ae90b0dfa0397ac033c920d9..97d0c430dc734a6ac5c0293bfce19be4a2ed97ca 100644
--- a/src/Destination/DrupalDirectoryDestination.php
+++ b/src/Destination/DrupalDirectoryDestination.php
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ class DrupalDirectoryDestination extends DirectoryDestination {
           ['%dir' => $dir]
         );
       }
-      if (!PrivateStream::basePath() || !file_prepare_directory($dir, FILE_CREATE_DIRECTORY && FILE_MODIFY_PERMISSIONS)) {
+      if (!file_prepare_directory($dir, FILE_CREATE_DIRECTORY && FILE_MODIFY_PERMISSIONS)) {
         throw new BackupMigrateException(
-          "The backup file could not be saved to '%dir' because the directory could not be created or cannot be written to. Please make sure your private files directory is configured and writable by the web server.",
+          "The backup file could not be saved to '%dir' because the directory could not be created or cannot be written to. Please make sure your private files directory is writable by the web server.",
           ['%dir' => $dir]
         );
       }