diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 055f6fcf7..e9f6ac952 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2003-09-12  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@redhat.com>
+
+	* thread.cc (MTinterface::fixup_after_fork): Remove code which
+	potentially overwrote _impure pointer with contents of thread which
+	invoked fork since this eliminates important information like the
+	pointer to the atexit queue.
+
 2003-09-12  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@redhat.com>
 
 	* fhandler_disk_file.cc (path_conv::ndisk_links): Fix problem where
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/thread.cc b/winsup/cygwin/thread.cc
index 516cb8d2b..2304b7b42 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/thread.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/thread.cc
@@ -224,10 +224,6 @@ MTinterface::fixup_after_fork (void)
   /* As long as the signal handling not multithreaded
      switch reents storage back to _impure_ptr for the mainthread
      to support fork from threads other than the mainthread */
-  struct _reent *reent_old = __getreent ();
-
-  if (reent_old && _impure_ptr != reent_old)
-    *_impure_ptr = *reent_old;
   reents._clib = _impure_ptr;
   reents._winsup = &winsup_reent;
   winsup_reent._process_logmask = LOG_UPTO (LOG_DEBUG);