diff --git a/core/jni/AndroidRuntime.cpp b/core/jni/AndroidRuntime.cpp
index ca658dab3814e..cc58c65736f6c 100644
--- a/core/jni/AndroidRuntime.cpp
+++ b/core/jni/AndroidRuntime.cpp
@@ -370,19 +370,6 @@ static int hasDir(const char* dir)
     return 0;
 }
 
-/*
- * We just want failed write() calls to just return with an error.
- */
-static void blockSigpipe()
-{
-    sigset_t mask;
-
-    sigemptyset(&mask);
-    sigaddset(&mask, SIGPIPE);
-    if (sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, &mask, NULL) != 0)
-        ALOGW("WARNING: SIGPIPE not blocked\n");
-}
-
 /*
  * Read the persistent locale.
  */
@@ -804,8 +791,6 @@ void AndroidRuntime::start(const char* className, const char* options)
     ALOGD("\n>>>>>> AndroidRuntime START %s <<<<<<\n",
             className != NULL ? className : "(unknown)");
 
-    blockSigpipe();
-
     /*
      * 'startSystemServer == true' means runtime is obsolete and not run from
      * init.rc anymore, so we print out the boot start event here.