diff --git a/builtin/replace.c b/builtin/replace.c
index 8507835d3..eb1d2ec5e 100644
--- a/builtin/replace.c
+++ b/builtin/replace.c
@@ -207,8 +207,6 @@ static void export_object(const unsigned char *sha1, const char *filename)
 
 	if (run_command(&cmd))
 		die("cat-file reported failure");
-
-	close(fd);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/daemon.c b/daemon.c
index eba125568..a2701af2f 100644
--- a/daemon.c
+++ b/daemon.c
@@ -783,7 +783,6 @@ static void handle(int incoming, struct sockaddr *addr, socklen_t addrlen)
 		logerror("unable to fork");
 	else
 		add_child(&cld, addr, addrlen);
-	close(incoming);
 }
 
 static void child_handler(int signo)