diff --git a/src/modules/sdlog2/sdlog2.c b/src/modules/sdlog2/sdlog2.c
index f9415451f7..1593eb5ffc 100644
--- a/src/modules/sdlog2/sdlog2.c
+++ b/src/modules/sdlog2/sdlog2.c
@@ -1329,16 +1329,6 @@ int sdlog2_thread_main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	subs.sat_info_sub = -1;
 
-#ifdef __PX4_NUTTX
-	/* close non-needed fd's. We cannot do this for posix since the file
-	   descriptors will also be closed for the parent process
-	*/
-
-	/* close stdin */
-	close(0);
-	/* close stdout */
-	close(1);
-#endif
 	/* initialize thread synchronization */
 	pthread_mutex_init(&logbuffer_mutex, NULL);
 	pthread_cond_init(&logbuffer_cond, NULL);