--- diffutils-3.3.old/src/sdiff.c
+++ diffutils-3.3/src/sdiff.c
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@
       ck_fclose (out);
 
       {
-	int wstatus;
+	int wstatus = 0;
 	int werrno = 0;
 
 #if ! HAVE_WORKING_FORK
@@ -674,11 +674,6 @@
 	  werrno = errno;
 #else
 	ck_fclose (diffout);
-	while (waitpid (diffpid, &wstatus, 0) < 0)
-	  if (errno == EINTR)
-	    checksigs ();
-	  else
-	    perror_fatal ("waitpid");
 	diffpid = 0;
 #endif