diff --git a/mplayer.c b/mplayer.c
index c10cb61223..a9175eb28c 100644
--- a/mplayer.c
+++ b/mplayer.c
@@ -4080,11 +4080,6 @@ current_module = "init_input";
  mpctx->input = mp_input_init(&opts->input);
  mpctx->key_fifo = mp_fifo_create(mpctx->input, opts);
  if(slave_mode) {
-#if USE_FD0_CMD_SELECT
-    int flags = fcntl(0, F_GETFL);
-    if (flags != -1)
-        fcntl(0, F_SETFL, flags | O_NONBLOCK);
-#endif
     mp_input_add_cmd_fd(mpctx->input, 0,USE_FD0_CMD_SELECT,MP_INPUT_SLAVE_CMD_FUNC,NULL);
  }
 else if (opts->consolecontrols)
diff --git a/osdep/getch2.c b/osdep/getch2.c
index 7ddcb3f378..96fe45729a 100644
--- a/osdep/getch2.c
+++ b/osdep/getch2.c
@@ -282,11 +282,6 @@ struct termios tio_new;
     tio_new.c_cc[VTIME] = 0;
     tcsetattr(0,TCSANOW,&tio_new);
 #endif
-    /* Setting VMIN above should already make terminal non-blocking; but
-     * that won't work if stdin is not a real terminal. */
-    int flags = fcntl(0, F_GETFL);
-    if (flags != -1)
-        fcntl(0, F_SETFL, flags | O_NONBLOCK);
     getch2_status=1;
 }