diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index cd9636d6f..5d57af4a6 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ver 0.23.13 (not yet released)
 * input
   - curl: fix busy loop after connection failed
+  - curl: hide "404" log messages for non-existent ".mpdignore" files
 * archive
   - zzip: fix crash bug
 * database
diff --git a/src/input/plugins/CurlInputPlugin.cxx b/src/input/plugins/CurlInputPlugin.cxx
index e90ce8daf..e7a766658 100644
--- a/src/input/plugins/CurlInputPlugin.cxx
+++ b/src/input/plugins/CurlInputPlugin.cxx
@@ -417,7 +417,6 @@ CurlInputStream::InitEasy()
 	request->SetOption(CURLOPT_HTTP200ALIASES, http_200_aliases);
 	request->SetOption(CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1L);
 	request->SetOption(CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS, 5L);
-	request->SetOption(CURLOPT_FAILONERROR, 1L);
 
 	/* this option eliminates the probe request when
 	   username/password are specified */