diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index c8dab93c9..4cf3a6a48 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-04-13  Leonard den Ottolander  <leonard den ottolander nl>
+
+	* cons.handler.c (handle_console_linux): Remove redundant close() calls
+	before _exit().
+
 2006-03-29  Pavel Tsekov  <ptsekov@gmx.net>
 
 	* file.c (copy_file_file): When a hardlink is created successfully
@@ -231,7 +236,7 @@
 	The glib implementation doesn't strip prefix from translations,
 	so it's not suitable for us.  Finally, it makes man2hlp depend
 	on libintl.
-	Reported by Leonard den Ottolander <leonard@den.ottolander.nl>
+	Reported by Leonard den Ottolander <leonard den ottolander nl>
 
 2005-11-02  Egmont Koblinger  <egmont@uhulinux.hu>
 
diff --git a/src/cons.handler.c b/src/cons.handler.c
index 1975d05be..951c638b3 100644
--- a/src/cons.handler.c
+++ b/src/cons.handler.c
@@ -148,8 +148,6 @@ handle_console_linux (unsigned char action)
 	    /* Console is not a tty or execl() failed */
 	    console_flag = 0;
 	    write (1, &console_flag, 1);
-	    close (1);
-	    close (0);
 	    _exit (3);
 	}			/* if (cons_saver_pid ...) */
 	break;