diff --git a/src/unix/pipe.c b/src/unix/pipe.c
index fb40e962..d88ac392 100644
--- a/src/unix/pipe.c
+++ b/src/unix/pipe.c
@@ -81,22 +81,10 @@ int uv_pipe_bind(uv_pipe_t* handle, const char* name) {
   uv_strlcpy(saddr.sun_path, pipe_fname, sizeof(saddr.sun_path));
   saddr.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
 
-  if (bind(sockfd, (struct sockaddr*)&saddr, sizeof saddr) == -1) {
-    /* On EADDRINUSE:
-     *
-     * We hold the file lock so there is no other process listening
-     * on the socket. Ergo, it's stale - remove it.
-     *
-     * This assumes that the other process uses locking too
-     * but that's a good enough assumption for now.
-     */
-    if (errno != EADDRINUSE
-        || unlink(pipe_fname) == -1
-        || bind(sockfd, (struct sockaddr*)&saddr, sizeof saddr) == -1) {
-      /* Convert ENOENT to EACCES for compatibility with Windows. */
-      uv__set_sys_error(handle->loop, (errno == ENOENT) ? EACCES : errno);
-      goto out;
-    }
+  if (bind(sockfd, (struct sockaddr*)&saddr, sizeof saddr)) {
+    /* Convert ENOENT to EACCES for compatibility with Windows. */
+    uv__set_sys_error(handle->loop, (errno == ENOENT) ? EACCES : errno);
+    goto out;
   }
   bound = 1;
 
diff --git a/test/test-pipe-bind-error.c b/test/test-pipe-bind-error.c
index b84d20f1..4e73b639 100644
--- a/test/test-pipe-bind-error.c
+++ b/test/test-pipe-bind-error.c
@@ -27,8 +27,10 @@
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
 # define BAD_PIPENAME "bad-pipe"
+# define UNLINK_PIPE(name)
 #else
 # define BAD_PIPENAME "/path/to/unix/socket/that/really/should/not/be/there"
+# define UNLINK_PIPE(name) remove(name)
 #endif
 
 
@@ -45,6 +47,8 @@ TEST_IMPL(pipe_bind_error_addrinuse) {
   uv_pipe_t server1, server2;
   int r;
 
+  UNLINK_PIPE(TEST_PIPENAME);
+
   r = uv_pipe_init(uv_default_loop(), &server1, 0);
   ASSERT(r == 0);
   r = uv_pipe_bind(&server1, TEST_PIPENAME);