1 files changed, 0 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/c/src/lib/libc/fcntl.c b/c/src/lib/libc/fcntl.c
index a89306c9fc..7673049a58 100644
--- a/c/src/lib/libc/fcntl.c
+++ b/c/src/lib/libc/fcntl.c
@@ -37,13 +37,6 @@ int fcntl(
   rtems_libio_check_is_open(iop);
 
   /*
-   *  If this is not a file system based entity, it is an error.
-   */
-
-  if ( iop->flags & LIBIO_FLAGS_HANDLER_MASK )
-    set_errno_and_return_minus_one( EBADF );
-
-  /*
    *  Now process the fcntl().
    */