diff --git a/clients/roscpp/src/libros/io.cpp b/clients/roscpp/src/libros/io.cpp
index 66c4a9993a..bf0ca1bcb7 100644
--- a/clients/roscpp/src/libros/io.cpp
+++ b/clients/roscpp/src/libros/io.cpp
@@ -328,12 +328,6 @@ pollfd_vector_ptr poll_sockets(int epfd, socket_pollfd *fds, nfds_t nfds, int ti
 #else
 	UNUSED(epfd);
 	pollfd_vector_ptr ofds(new std::vector<socket_pollfd>);
-        // Clear the `revents` fields
-        for (nfds_t i = 0; i < nfds; i++)
-        {
-                fds[i].revents = 0;
-        }
-
 	// use an existing poll implementation
 	int result = poll(fds, nfds, timeout);
 	if ( result < 0 )
diff --git a/clients/roscpp/src/libros/poll_set.cpp b/clients/roscpp/src/libros/poll_set.cpp
index 7ae227d48d..acc6a95403 100644
--- a/clients/roscpp/src/libros/poll_set.cpp
+++ b/clients/roscpp/src/libros/poll_set.cpp
@@ -279,7 +279,6 @@ void PollSet::createNativePollset()
     pfd.events = info.events_;
     pfd.revents = 0;
   }
-  sockets_changed_ = false;
 }
 
 void PollSet::onLocalPipeEvents(int events)