--- a/src/mca/state/base/state_base_fns.c
+++ b/src/mca/state/base/state_base_fns.c
@@ -872,95 +872,4 @@
 
 void prte_state_base_check_fds(prte_job_t *jdata)
 {
-    int nfds, i, fdflags, flflags;
-    char path[1024], info[256], **list = NULL, *status, *result, *r2;
-    ssize_t rc;
-    struct flock fl;
-    bool flk;
-    int cnt = 0;
-
-    /* get the number of available file descriptors
-     * for this daemon */
-    nfds = getdtablesize();
-    result = NULL;
-    /* loop over them and get their info */
-    for (i = 0; i < nfds; i++) {
-        fdflags = fcntl(i, F_GETFD);
-        if (-1 == fdflags) {
-            /* no open fd in that slot */
-            continue;
-        }
-        flflags = fcntl(i, F_GETFL);
-        if (-1 == flflags) {
-            /* no open fd in that slot */
-            continue;
-        }
-        snprintf(path, 1024, "/proc/self/fd/%d", i);
-        memset(info, 0, 256);
-        /* read the info about this fd */
-        rc = readlink(path, info, 256);
-        if (-1 == rc) {
-            /* this fd is unavailable */
-            continue;
-        }
-        /* get any file locking status */
-        fl.l_type = F_WRLCK;
-        fl.l_whence = 0;
-        fl.l_start = 0;
-        fl.l_len = 0;
-        if (-1 == fcntl(i, F_GETLK, &fl)) {
-            flk = false;
-        } else {
-            flk = true;
-        }
-        /* construct the list of capabilities */
-        if (fdflags & FD_CLOEXEC) {
-            PMIX_ARGV_APPEND_NOSIZE_COMPAT(&list, "cloexec");
-        }
-        if (flflags & O_APPEND) {
-            PMIX_ARGV_APPEND_NOSIZE_COMPAT(&list, "append");
-        }
-        if (flflags & O_NONBLOCK) {
-            PMIX_ARGV_APPEND_NOSIZE_COMPAT(&list, "nonblock");
-        }
-        /* from the man page:
-         *  Unlike the other values that can be specified in flags,
-         * the access mode values O_RDONLY, O_WRONLY, and O_RDWR,
-         * do not specify individual bits.  Rather, they define
-         * the low order two bits of flags, and defined respectively
-         * as 0, 1, and 2. */
-        if (O_RDONLY == (flflags & 3)) {
-            PMIX_ARGV_APPEND_NOSIZE_COMPAT(&list, "rdonly");
-        } else if (O_WRONLY == (flflags & 3)) {
-            PMIX_ARGV_APPEND_NOSIZE_COMPAT(&list, "wronly");
-        } else {
-            PMIX_ARGV_APPEND_NOSIZE_COMPAT(&list, "rdwr");
-        }
-        if (flk && F_UNLCK != fl.l_type) {
-            if (F_WRLCK == fl.l_type) {
-                PMIX_ARGV_APPEND_NOSIZE_COMPAT(&list, "wrlock");
-            } else {
-                PMIX_ARGV_APPEND_NOSIZE_COMPAT(&list, "rdlock");
-            }
-        }
-        if (NULL != list) {
-            status = PMIX_ARGV_JOIN_COMPAT(list, ' ');
-            PMIX_ARGV_FREE_COMPAT(list);
-            list = NULL;
-            if (NULL == result) {
-                pmix_asprintf(&result, "    %d\t(%s)\t%s\n", i, info, status);
-            } else {
-                pmix_asprintf(&r2, "%s    %d\t(%s)\t%s\n", result, i, info, status);
-                free(result);
-                result = r2;
-            }
-            free(status);
-        }
-        ++cnt;
-    }
-    pmix_asprintf(&r2, "%s: %d open file descriptors after job %d completed\n%s",
-                  PRTE_NAME_PRINT(PRTE_PROC_MY_NAME), cnt, PRTE_LOCAL_JOBID(jdata->nspace), result);
-    pmix_output(0, "%s", r2);
-    free(result);
-    free(r2);
 }