diff --git a/daemon/libvirtd.c b/daemon/libvirtd.c
index e544c482d146500c0a4ef2d57b2e1c0bca29a90e..2eb2374134811b30774f4c4a09c1b4be640f8e5b 100644
--- a/daemon/libvirtd.c
+++ b/daemon/libvirtd.c
@@ -2973,7 +2973,6 @@ daemonSetupSignals(struct qemud_server *server)
     sigaction(SIGINT, &sig_action, NULL);
     sigaction(SIGQUIT, &sig_action, NULL);
     sigaction(SIGTERM, &sig_action, NULL);
-    sigaction(SIGCHLD, &sig_action, NULL);
 
     sig_action.sa_handler = SIG_IGN;
     sigaction(SIGPIPE, &sig_action, NULL);