diff --git a/src/env/setenv.c b/src/env/setenv.c
index 0a458968669a6280f070271a80a6069af9152b43..76e8ee1206e5b5a4111b8c58481932952de6084f 100644
--- a/src/env/setenv.c
+++ b/src/env/setenv.c
@@ -26,6 +26,5 @@ int setenv(const char *var, const char *value, int overwrite)
 		if (!__putenv(s, 1)) return 0;
 	}
 	free(s);
-	errno = ENOMEM;
 	return -1;
 }