diff --git a/debuggerd/debuggerd_test.cpp b/debuggerd/debuggerd_test.cpp
index fa2838ee0..b705e27e0 100644
--- a/debuggerd/debuggerd_test.cpp
+++ b/debuggerd/debuggerd_test.cpp
@@ -500,9 +500,6 @@ TEST_F(CrasherTest, capabilities) {
 TEST(crash_dump, zombie) {
   pid_t forkpid = fork();
 
-  int pipefd[2];
-  ASSERT_EQ(0, pipe2(pipefd, O_CLOEXEC));
-
   pid_t rc;
   int status;