diff --git a/libc/stdio/stdio.c b/libc/stdio/stdio.c
index 13b98877d..fc2115e9b 100644
--- a/libc/stdio/stdio.c
+++ b/libc/stdio/stdio.c
@@ -86,5 +86,5 @@ __sseek(void *cookie, fpos_t offset, int whence)
 int
 __sclose(void *cookie)
 {
-	return TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(close(((FILE *)cookie)->_file));
+	return close(((FILE *)cookie)->_file);
 }
diff --git a/linker/linker.cpp b/linker/linker.cpp
index 8554fbbd1..4e39be68b 100644
--- a/linker/linker.cpp
+++ b/linker/linker.cpp
@@ -2414,8 +2414,7 @@ static int nullify_closed_stdio() {
   /* If /dev/null is not one of the stdio file descriptors, close it. */
   if (dev_null > 2) {
     TRACE("[ Closing /dev/null file-descriptor=%d]", dev_null);
-    status = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(close(dev_null));
-    if (status == -1) {
+    if (close(dev_null) == -1) {
       DL_ERR("close failed: %s", strerror(errno));
       return_value = -1;
     }