diff --git a/src/lib/nfs/Connection.cxx b/src/lib/nfs/Connection.cxx
index d9f3f7519..949ba7bf3 100644
--- a/src/lib/nfs/Connection.cxx
+++ b/src/lib/nfs/Connection.cxx
@@ -432,7 +432,6 @@ NfsConnection::ScheduleSocket() noexcept
 		if (!_fd.IsDefined())
 			return;
 
-		_fd.EnableCloseOnExec();
 		socket_event.Open(_fd);
 	}