diff --git a/bin/pbackup b/bin/pbackup
index 2807092..8472d54 100755
--- a/bin/pbackup
+++ b/bin/pbackup
@@ -338,10 +338,7 @@ sub read_server {
         my ($fileserver_or_jobname, $backupserverlist) = split;
         my @backupserverlist = split ',', $backupserverlist;
         for my $backupserver (@backupserverlist) {
-            $backupserver eq 'null'
-                or $backupserver eq 'void'
-                or $backupserver eq 'deadpool'
-                or $backupserver eq 'gone'
+                $backupserver eq 'gone'
                 or $backupserver eq 'done'
                 or warn "$ROOT/etc/server.dat: line $. backup server $backupserver unknown\n";
             $BACKUP_SERVER{$fileserver_or_jobname}{$backupserver} = 1;