diff --git a/CASA/micasad/startup/micasad-init.c b/CASA/micasad/startup/micasad-init.c
index fa60cbdb..2d2929e3 100644
--- a/CASA/micasad/startup/micasad-init.c
+++ b/CASA/micasad/startup/micasad-init.c
@@ -29,11 +29,6 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
     /* Set the file mode creation mask */
     umask(022);
 
-    /* Close the associated standard file descriptors */
-    close(STDIN_FILENO);
-    close(STDOUT_FILENO);
-    close(STDERR_FILENO);
-
     /* Start micasad */
     return execv ("/usr/bin/mono", argv);
 }