diff --git a/gunicorn/glogging.py b/gunicorn/glogging.py
index 85f9e815..24a2f6ca 100644
--- a/gunicorn/glogging.py
+++ b/gunicorn/glogging.py
@@ -310,9 +310,6 @@ class Logger(object):
                         handler.release()
 
     def close_on_exec(self):
-        for stream in sys.stdout, sys.stderr:
-            util.close_on_exec(stream.fileno())
-
         for log in loggers():
             for handler in log.handlers:
                 if isinstance(handler, logging.FileHandler):