diff --git a/src/testlib/qbenchmarkperfevents.cpp b/src/testlib/qbenchmarkperfevents.cpp
index e10c4473e5c..8345c7a4be0 100644
--- a/src/testlib/qbenchmarkperfevents.cpp
+++ b/src/testlib/qbenchmarkperfevents.cpp
@@ -487,8 +487,6 @@ void QBenchmarkPerfEventsMeasurer::start()
         if (fd == -1) {
             perror("QBenchmarkPerfEventsMeasurer::start: perf_event_open");
             exit(1);
-        } else {
-            ::fcntl(fd, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC);
         }
     }