diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index d8b75b104..ffa4fb52a 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2002-10-20  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@redhat.com>
+
+	* sigproc.cc (wait_sig): Remove obsolete sigchld logic.
+
 2002-10-20  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@redhat.com>
 
 	Rename _kill() to kill() throughout.  Rename _raise() to raise()
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/sigproc.cc b/winsup/cygwin/sigproc.cc
index 863a22d36..4424705a0 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/sigproc.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/sigproc.cc
@@ -1119,7 +1119,6 @@ wait_sig (VOID *self)
       pending_signals = -1;
       int saw_pending_signals = 0;
       int saw_sigchld = 0;
-      int dispatched_sigchld = 0;
       for (int sig = -__SIGOFFSET; sig < NSIG; sig++)
 	{
 	  while (InterlockedDecrement (myself->getsigtodo (sig)) >= 0)
@@ -1152,9 +1151,7 @@ wait_sig (VOID *self)
 		/* A normal UNIX signal */
 		default:
 		  sigproc_printf ("Got signal %d", sig);
-		  int wasdispatched = sig_handle (sig, rc != 2);
-		  if (sig == SIGCHLD && wasdispatched)
-		    dispatched_sigchld = 1;
+		  sig_handle (sig, rc != 2);
 		  /* Need to decrement again to offset increment below since
 		     we really do want to decrement in this case. */
 		  InterlockedDecrement (myself->getsigtodo (sig));