diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 8cc1ad6e0..7ec2cbd6d 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 	* achown.c: Changed all references to umode_t into mode_t.
 	* file.c: Likewise.
+	* view.c (view_load): Don't try to use fcntl() with VFS file
+	handles. That cannot work.
 
 2005-07-03  Roland Illig  <roland.illig@gmx.de>
 
diff --git a/src/view.c b/src/view.c
index 445819865..8c131cd0b 100644
--- a/src/view.c
+++ b/src/view.c
@@ -1336,13 +1336,6 @@ view_load (WView *view, const char *_command, const char *_file,
 	    goto finish;
 	}
 
-	/* We don't need O_NONBLOCK after opening the file, unset it */
-	cntlflags = fcntl (fd, F_GETFL, 0);
-	if (cntlflags != -1) {
-	    cntlflags &= ~O_NONBLOCK;
-	    fcntl (fd, F_SETFL, cntlflags);
-	}
-
 	if (st.st_size == 0 || mc_lseek (fd, 0, SEEK_SET) == -1) {
 	    /* Must be one of those nice files that grow (/proc) */
 	    view_set_datasource_vfs_pipe (view, fd);