1 files changed, 0 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index 3b4e12d7c6..b65083ca97 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -639,13 +639,6 @@ int cmd_main(int argc, const char **argv)
 	if (!cmd)
 		cmd = "git-help";
 
-	/*
-	 * 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();
-
 	restore_sigpipe_to_default();
 
 	git_setup_gettext();