diff --git a/src/uv-unix.c b/src/uv-unix.c
index f2ff56b38..7e393ca44 100644
--- a/src/uv-unix.c
+++ b/src/uv-unix.c
@@ -2361,8 +2361,6 @@ int uv_spawn(uv_process_t* process, uv_process_options_t options) {
 
   assert((status == 1)
       && "poll() on pipe read end failed");
-  assert((pfd.revents & POLLIN) == 0
-      && "unexpected POLLIN on pipe read end");
   assert((pfd.revents & POLLHUP) == POLLHUP
       && "no POLLHUP on pipe read end");