diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 7701470ea1b8..40cd099cfc1b 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -1517,14 +1517,6 @@ static void check_unshare_flags(unsigned long *flags_ptr)
 	if (*flags_ptr & CLONE_VM)
 		*flags_ptr |= CLONE_SIGHAND;
 
-	/*
-	 * If unsharing signal handlers and the task was created
-	 * using CLONE_THREAD, then must unshare the thread
-	 */
-	if ((*flags_ptr & CLONE_SIGHAND) &&
-	    (atomic_read(&current->signal->count) > 1))
-		*flags_ptr |= CLONE_THREAD;
-
 	/*
 	 * If unsharing namespace, must also unshare filesystem information.
 	 */