diff --git a/src/xmppipe.h b/src/xmppipe.h
index bf9974c..d287be5 100644
--- a/src/xmppipe.h
+++ b/src/xmppipe.h
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@ char *xmppipe_fmt_encode(const char *);
 char *xmppipe_nfmt_encode(const char *, size_t);
 char *xmppipe_fmt_decode(const char *);
 char *xmppipe_nfmt_decode(const char *, size_t);
-int xmppipe_set_nonblock(int fd);
 
 char *xmppipe_resource(void);
 char *xmppipe_servername(const char *);
diff --git a/src/xmppipe_event.c b/src/xmppipe_event.c
index 6ea39db..e5c3154 100644
--- a/src/xmppipe_event.c
+++ b/src/xmppipe_event.c
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ void event_loop(xmppipe_state_t *state) {
   int eof = 0;
   char *buf;
 
-  if (xmppipe_set_nonblock(fd) < 0)
-    return;
-
   buf = xmppipe_calloc(state->bufsz, 1);
 
   for (;;) {
diff --git a/src/xmppipe_util.c b/src/xmppipe_util.c
index 5bad731..6c47ef4 100644
--- a/src/xmppipe_util.c
+++ b/src/xmppipe_util.c
@@ -38,19 +38,6 @@ const char *const xmppipe_states[] = {"XMPPIPE_S_DISCONNECTED",
 
 static char *xmppipe_join(const char *prefix, const char *delimiter, const char *suffix);
 
-int xmppipe_set_nonblock(int fd) {
-  int flags;
-
-  flags = fcntl(fd, F_GETFD);
-  if (flags < 0)
-    return -1;
-
-  if (fcntl(fd, F_SETFD, flags | O_NONBLOCK) < 0)
-    return -1;
-
-  return 0;
-}
-
 char *xmppipe_getenv(const char *s) {
   char *p = getenv(s);