diff --git a/lib/lua/src/usocket.c b/lib/lua/src/usocket.c
index 1a1b549..7c77651 100644
--- a/lib/lua/src/usocket.c
+++ b/lib/lua/src/usocket.c
@@ -89,12 +89,6 @@
     return TIMEOUT;
   }
 
-  // Verify that we can actually read from the remote host
-  if (mode & WAIT_MODE_C && FD_ISSET(*sock, &rfds) &&
-      recv(*sock, (char*) &rfds, 0, 0) != 0) {
-    return errno;
-  }
-
   return SUCCESS;
 }