diff --git a/gdk/wayland/gdkselection-wayland.c b/gdk/wayland/gdkselection-wayland.c
index dbe1d63808..d109562fa6 100644
--- a/gdk/wayland/gdkselection-wayland.c
+++ b/gdk/wayland/gdkselection-wayland.c
@@ -400,8 +400,6 @@ async_write_data_new (GdkWaylandSelection *selection)
 static void
 async_write_data_free (AsyncWriteData *write_data)
 {
-  close (write_data->selection->stored_selection.fd);
-  write_data->selection->stored_selection.fd = -1;
   g_object_unref (write_data->stream);
   g_slice_free (AsyncWriteData, write_data);
 }