diff --git a/server/fd.c b/server/fd.c
index b953da2ab851f101f77a3ee9fbbc5f5017bc02b5..de7c5d7e36db5b1f3de8a864ae2b581f14478530 100644
--- a/server/fd.c
+++ b/server/fd.c
@@ -627,16 +627,6 @@ static int kqueue_fd = -1;
 
 static inline void init_epoll(void)
 {
-#ifdef __APPLE__ /* kqueue support is broken in Mac OS < 10.5 */
-    int mib[2];
-    char release[32];
-    size_t len = sizeof(release);
-
-    mib[0] = CTL_KERN;
-    mib[1] = KERN_OSRELEASE;
-    if (sysctl( mib, 2, release, &len, NULL, 0 ) == -1) return;
-    if (atoi(release) < 9) return;
-#endif
     kqueue_fd = kqueue();
 }