diff --git a/doc/xml/release/2024/2.54.xml b/doc/xml/release/2024/2.54.xml
index dbcc535c9..ab49dd2a3 100644
--- a/doc/xml/release/2024/2.54.xml
+++ b/doc/xml/release/2024/2.54.xml
@@ -13,6 +13,19 @@
 
                 <p>Fix permissions when <cmd>restore</cmd> run as root user.</p>
             </release-item>
+
+            <release-item>
+                <github-issue id="2418"/>
+                <github-pull-request id="2421"/>
+
+                <release-item-contributor-list>
+                    <release-item-ideator id="anton.kurochkin"/>
+                    <release-item-contributor id="reid.thompson"/>
+                    <release-item-reviewer id="david.steele"/>
+                </release-item-contributor-list>
+
+                <p>Skip local repository duplicate check for <proper>SFTP</proper>.</p>
+            </release-item>
         </release-bug-list>
 
         <release-improvement-list>
diff --git a/src/config/load.c b/src/config/load.c
index ad5d51345..b65630ccb 100644
--- a/src/config/load.c
+++ b/src/config/load.c
@@ -96,10 +96,9 @@ cfgLoadUpdateOption(void)
     {
         for (unsigned int optionIdx = 0; optionIdx < cfgOptionGroupIdxTotal(cfgOptGrpRepo); optionIdx++)
         {
-            // If the repo is local and either posix, cifs or sftp
+            // If the repo is local and either posix or cifs
             if (!cfgOptionIdxTest(cfgOptRepoHost, optionIdx) &&
                 (cfgOptionIdxStrId(cfgOptRepoType, optionIdx) == STORAGE_POSIX_TYPE ||
-                 cfgOptionIdxStrId(cfgOptRepoType, optionIdx) == STORAGE_SFTP_TYPE ||
                  cfgOptionIdxStrId(cfgOptRepoType, optionIdx) == STORAGE_CIFS_TYPE))
             {
                 // Ensure a local repo does not have the same path as another local repo of the same type
diff --git a/test/src/module/config/loadTest.c b/test/src/module/config/loadTest.c
index f845b5f8a..a8687b52a 100644
--- a/test/src/module/config/loadTest.c
+++ b/test/src/module/config/loadTest.c
@@ -118,27 +118,6 @@ testRun(void)
             "local repo1 and repo2 paths are both '/var/lib/pgbackrest' but must be different");
 
         // -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-#ifdef HAVE_LIBSSH2
-        TEST_TITLE("local default repo paths for sftp repo type must be different");
-
-        argList = strLstNew();
-        hrnCfgArgRawZ(argList, cfgOptRepo, "2");
-        hrnCfgArgKeyRawStrId(argList, cfgOptRepoType, 1, STORAGE_SFTP_TYPE);
-        hrnCfgArgKeyRawStrId(argList, cfgOptRepoType, 2, STORAGE_SFTP_TYPE);
-        hrnCfgArgKeyRawZ(argList, cfgOptRepoSftpHostUser, 1, "user1");
-        hrnCfgArgKeyRawZ(argList, cfgOptRepoSftpHostUser, 2, "user2");
-        hrnCfgArgKeyRawZ(argList, cfgOptRepoSftpHost, 1, "host1");
-        hrnCfgArgKeyRawZ(argList, cfgOptRepoSftpHost, 2, "host2");
-        hrnCfgArgKeyRawZ(argList, cfgOptRepoSftpHostKeyHashType, 1, "sha1");
-        hrnCfgArgKeyRawZ(argList, cfgOptRepoSftpHostKeyHashType, 2, "md5");
-        hrnCfgArgKeyRawZ(argList, cfgOptRepoSftpPrivateKeyFile, 1, "/keyfile1");
-        hrnCfgArgKeyRawZ(argList, cfgOptRepoSftpPrivateKeyFile, 2, "/keyfile2");
-        TEST_ERROR(
-            hrnCfgLoadP(cfgCmdInfo, argList), OptionInvalidValueError,
-            "local repo1 and repo2 paths are both '/var/lib/pgbackrest' but must be different");
-#endif // HAVE_LIBSSH2
-
-        // -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         TEST_TITLE("local repo paths same but types different");
 
         argList = strLstNew();