diff --git a/hddtemp/src/daemon.c b/hddtemp/src/daemon.c

index 75e72b9..c456965 100644

--- a/hddtemp/src/daemon.c

+++ b/hddtemp/src/daemon.c

@@ -283,16 +283,6 @@ void do_daemon_mode(struct disk *ldisks) {

   setsid();

-  switch(fork()) {

-  case -1:

-    perror("fork");

-    exit(2);

-    break;

-  case 0:

-    break;

-  default:

-    exit(0);

-  }

   chdir("/");

   umask(0);