1 files changed, 0 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/src/libstore/build.cc b/src/libstore/build.cc
index 4376a8322c42..479bc4a243a2 100644
--- a/src/libstore/build.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/build.cc
@@ -413,18 +413,6 @@ const char * * strings2CharPtrs(const Strings & ss)
 }
 
 
-/* Restore default handling of SIGPIPE, otherwise some programs will
-   randomly say "Broken pipe". */
-static void restoreSIGPIPE()
-{
-    struct sigaction act, oact;
-    act.sa_handler = SIG_DFL;
-    act.sa_flags = 0;
-    sigemptyset(&act.sa_mask);
-    if (sigaction(SIGPIPE, &act, &oact)) throw SysError("resetting SIGPIPE");
-}
-
-
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////