diff --git a/io/channel-watch.c b/io/channel-watch.c
index 0289b3647c278077fdfe6e0c99a0d11eeb5ac3ee..89f3c8a88abdbd1984649166b38d05fb439d5176 100644
--- a/io/channel-watch.c
+++ b/io/channel-watch.c
@@ -285,11 +285,9 @@ GSource *qio_channel_create_socket_watch(QIOChannel *ioc,
     GSource *source;
     QIOChannelSocketSource *ssource;
 
-#ifdef WIN32
     WSAEventSelect(socket, ioc->event,
                    FD_READ | FD_ACCEPT | FD_CLOSE |
                    FD_CONNECT | FD_WRITE | FD_OOB);
-#endif
 
     source = g_source_new(&qio_channel_socket_source_funcs,
                           sizeof(QIOChannelSocketSource));