diff --git a/sbin/init/init.c b/sbin/init/init.c
index 6e63c5508f47..2070ed3e2c39 100644
--- a/sbin/init/init.c
+++ b/sbin/init/init.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
  * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
  * SUCH DAMAGE.
  *
- *		$Id: init.c,v 1.24 1997/08/02 00:22:49 davidn Exp $
+ *		$Id: init.c,v 1.25 1997/08/06 16:07:52 ache Exp $
  */
 
 #ifndef lint
@@ -1459,9 +1459,6 @@ runshutdown()
 		(void) sigaction(SIGTSTP, &sa, (struct sigaction *)0);
 		(void) sigaction(SIGHUP, &sa, (struct sigaction *)0);
 
-		for (fd = getdtablesize(); fd-- > 2; )
-		    (void)close(fd);
-
 		if ((fd = open(_PATH_CONSOLE, O_RDWR)) == -1)
 		    warning("can't open %s: %m", _PATH_CONSOLE);
 		else {