diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/dtable.cc b/winsup/cygwin/dtable.cc
index 141029f811..b08a2e6818 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/dtable.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/dtable.cc
@@ -410,9 +410,6 @@ dtable::init_std_file_from_handle (int fd, HANDLE handle)
 	{
 	  fhandler_pipe *fhp = (fhandler_pipe *) fh;
 	  fhp->set_pipe_buf_size ();
-	  /* Set read pipe always to nonblocking */
-	  fhp->set_pipe_non_blocking (fhp->get_device () == FH_PIPER ?
-				      true : fhp->is_nonblocking ());
 	}
 
       if (!fh->open_setup (openflags))