diff --git a/test/test-spawn.c b/test/test-spawn.c
index 0d7924be..964c8a86 100644
--- a/test/test-spawn.c
+++ b/test/test-spawn.c
@@ -603,21 +603,6 @@ TEST_IMPL(spawn_stdin) {
   r = uv_spawn(uv_default_loop(), &process, &options);
   ASSERT_OK(r);
 
-  int recv_buf;
-  int recv_fd;
-  int send_buf;
-  int send_fd;
-  int size = 64 * 1024;
-  socklen_t optlen = sizeof(int);
-
-  ASSERT_OK(uv_fileno((uv_handle_t*) options.stdio[0].data.stream, &recv_fd));
-  ASSERT_OK(getsockopt(recv_fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVBUF, &recv_buf, &optlen));
-  ASSERT_EQ(recv_buf, size);
-
-  ASSERT_OK(uv_fileno((uv_handle_t*) options.stdio[1].data.stream, &send_fd));
-  ASSERT_OK(getsockopt(send_fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_SNDBUF, &send_buf, &optlen));
-  ASSERT_EQ(send_buf, size);
-  
   buf.base = buffer;
   buf.len = sizeof(buffer);
   r = uv_write(&write_req, (uv_stream_t*) &in, &buf, 1, write_cb);