diff --git a/qga/main.c b/qga/main.c
index 0a168e2da8..743c5c1349 100644
--- a/qga/main.c
+++ b/qga/main.c
@@ -618,13 +618,7 @@ static gboolean channel_event_cb(GIOCondition condition, gpointer data)
     GAState *s = data;
     gchar buf[QGA_READ_COUNT_DEFAULT+1];
     gsize count;
-    GError *err = NULL;
     GIOStatus status = ga_channel_read(s->channel, buf, QGA_READ_COUNT_DEFAULT, &count);
-    if (err != NULL) {
-        g_warning("error reading channel: %s", err->message);
-        g_error_free(err);
-        return false;
-    }
     switch (status) {
     case G_IO_STATUS_ERROR:
         g_warning("error reading channel");