1 files changed, 0 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/shell.c b/shell.c
index ca00807d7e..5e70acb9a6 100644
--- a/shell.c
+++ b/shell.c
@@ -148,13 +148,6 @@ int cmd_main(int argc, const char **argv)
 	git_setup_gettext();
 
 	/*
-	 * Always open file descriptors 0/1/2 to avoid clobbering files
-	 * in die().  It also avoids messing up when the pipes are dup'ed
-	 * onto stdin/stdout/stderr in the child processes we spawn.
-	 */
-	sanitize_stdfds();
-
-	/*
 	 * Special hack to pretend to be a CVS server
 	 */
 	if (argc == 2 && !strcmp(argv[1], "cvs server")) {