diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index a4b1c2b48..9aab10183 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2011-05-01  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* fhandler.h (fhandler_socket::is_slow): Remove.
+
 2011-04-30  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
 
 	* fcntl.cc (fcntl64): Call pthread_testcancel.
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler.h b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler.h
index bd30d0301..2f513625a 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler.h
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler.h
@@ -564,7 +564,6 @@ class fhandler_socket: public fhandler_base
   int __stdcall fchown (__uid32_t uid, __gid32_t gid) __attribute__ ((regparm (2)));
   int __stdcall facl (int, int, __acl32 *) __attribute__ ((regparm (3)));
   int __stdcall link (const char *) __attribute__ ((regparm (2)));
-  bool is_slow () {return true;}
 };
 
 class fhandler_base_overlapped: public fhandler_base