diff --git a/libguile/socket.c b/libguile/socket.c
index cc0175aa6..9b1618f30 100644
--- a/libguile/socket.c
+++ b/libguile/socket.c
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@
 #include "libguile/validate.h"
 #include "libguile/socket.h"
 
-#include "libguile/iselect.h"
-
 #ifdef __MINGW32__
 #include "win32-socket.h"
 #endif
@@ -1285,30 +1283,16 @@ SCM_DEFINE (scm_accept, "accept", 1, 0, 0,
 	    "connection and will continue to accept new requests.")
 #define FUNC_NAME s_scm_accept
 {
-  int fd, selected;
+  int fd;
   int newfd;
   SCM address;
   SCM newsock;
-  SELECT_TYPE readfds, exceptfds;
   socklen_t addr_size = MAX_ADDR_SIZE;
   scm_t_max_sockaddr addr;
 
   sock = SCM_COERCE_OUTPORT (sock);
   SCM_VALIDATE_OPFPORT (1, sock);
   fd = SCM_FPORT_FDES (sock);
-
-  FD_ZERO (&readfds);
-  FD_ZERO (&exceptfds);
-  FD_SET (fd, &readfds);
-  FD_SET (fd, &exceptfds);
-
-  /* Block until something happens on FD, leaving guile mode while
-     waiting.  */
-  selected = scm_std_select (fd + 1, &readfds, NULL, &exceptfds,
-			     NULL);
-  if (selected < 0)
-    SCM_SYSERROR;
-
   newfd = accept (fd, (struct sockaddr *) &addr, &addr_size);
   if (newfd == -1)
     SCM_SYSERROR;