1 files changed, 0 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/src/cat.c b/src/cat.c
index 0fab1abbb..fad5bc14c 100644
--- a/src/cat.c
+++ b/src/cat.c
@@ -462,17 +462,6 @@ cat (
     }
 }
 
-/* This is gross, but necessary, because of the way close_stdout
-   works and because this program closes STDOUT_FILENO directly.  */
-static void (*closeout_func) (void) = close_stdout;
-
-static void
-close_stdout_wrapper (void)
-{
-  if (closeout_func)
-    (*closeout_func) ();
-}
-
 int
 main (int argc, char **argv)
 {
@@ -632,8 +621,6 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
 	}
     }
 
-  closeout_func = NULL;
-
   /* Get device, i-node number, and optimal blocksize of output.  */
 
   if (fstat (STDOUT_FILENO, &stat_buf) < 0)