diff --git a/scripts/supybot b/scripts/supybot
index 8b974b910..7f1953776 100644
--- a/scripts/supybot
+++ b/scripts/supybot
@@ -263,7 +263,6 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
         sys.stdin.close()
         # Closing these two might cause problems; we log writes to them as
         # level WARNING on upkeep.
-        sys.stdin.close()
         sys.stdout.close()
         sys.stderr.close()
         sys.stdout = StringIO.StringIO()