diff --git a/run-command.c b/run-command.c
index 5ec3a46dcc..9d10ed27b8 100644
@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@ int start_command(struct child_process *cmd)
trace2_child_start(cmd);
trace_run_command(cmd);
- fflush(NULL);
+ //fflush(NULL);
if (cmd->close_object_store)
close_object_store(the_repository->objects);
@@ -1211,7 +1211,7 @@ int start_async(struct async *async)
#ifdef NO_PTHREADS
/* Flush stdio before fork() to avoid cloning buffers */
- fflush(NULL);
+ //fflush(NULL);
async->pid = fork();
if (async->pid < 0) {