diff --git a/usr.sbin/sade/system.c b/usr.sbin/sade/system.c
index 983ec3d1f77..2ad3a48b2f0 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/sade/system.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/sade/system.c
@@ -188,7 +188,9 @@ systemInitialize(int argc, char **argv)
 	i = 0;
 	sysctlbyname("machdep.unaligned_print", NULL, 0, &i, sizeof(i));
 #endif
+#if 0
 	signal(SIGCHLD, reap_children);
+#endif
     }
     else {
 	char hname[256];
diff --git a/usr.sbin/sysinstall/system.c b/usr.sbin/sysinstall/system.c
index 983ec3d1f77..2ad3a48b2f0 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/sysinstall/system.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/sysinstall/system.c
@@ -188,7 +188,9 @@ systemInitialize(int argc, char **argv)
 	i = 0;
 	sysctlbyname("machdep.unaligned_print", NULL, 0, &i, sizeof(i));
 #endif
+#if 0
 	signal(SIGCHLD, reap_children);
+#endif
     }
     else {
 	char hname[256];