2 files changed, 0 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/pp_sys.c b/pp_sys.c
index 25926a2a98..86241faa4b 100644
--- a/pp_sys.c
+++ b/pp_sys.c
@@ -4138,8 +4138,6 @@ PP(pp_system)
 	    PerlLIO_close(pp[0]);
 #if defined(HAS_FCNTL) && defined(F_SETFD)
 	    fcntl(pp[1], F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC);
-#else
-	    PerlLIO_close(pp[1]); /* Do as best as we can: pretend success. */
 #endif
 	}
 	if (PL_op->op_flags & OPf_STACKED) {
diff --git a/util.c b/util.c
index cec92e2635..aec43548f6 100644
--- a/util.c
+++ b/util.c
@@ -1821,8 +1821,6 @@ Perl_my_popen_list(pTHX_ char *mode, int n, SV **args)
 #if defined(HAS_FCNTL) && defined(F_SETFD)
 	    /* Close error pipe automatically if exec works */
 	    fcntl(pp[1], F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC);
-#else
-	    PerlLIO_close(pp[1]); /* Do as best as we can: pretend success. */
 #endif
 	}
 	/* Now dup our end of _the_ pipe to right position */
@@ -1962,8 +1960,6 @@ Perl_my_popen(pTHX_ char *cmd, char *mode)
 	    PerlLIO_close(pp[0]);
 #if defined(HAS_FCNTL) && defined(F_SETFD)
 	    fcntl(pp[1], F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC);
-#else
-	    PerlLIO_close(pp[1]); /* Do as best as we can: pretend success. */
 #endif
 	}
 	if (p[THIS] != (*mode == 'r')) {