diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index ed86972d63165d08f9d18ef19809e9f9e016b6be..bf6875c21f02f95895f2582a1d5dc564b9fc3bb5 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ documents those changes that are of interest to users and administrators.
  -- Performance boost for when Slurm is dealing with credentials.
  -- Fix race condition which could leave a stepd hung on shutdown.
  -- Add lua support for opensuse.
- -- Make srun --pty option ignore EINTR allowing windows to resize.
 
 * Changes in Slurm 17.02.4
 ==========================
diff --git a/src/srun/srun_pty.c b/src/srun/srun_pty.c
index e9a433a7e8f4594c8251a6cdd0ae22015b706554..1e5d5a22f4965c4c8705e603701f98a380ccc0ec 100644
--- a/src/srun/srun_pty.c
+++ b/src/srun/srun_pty.c
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ static void *_pty_thread(void *arg)
 
 	while (job->state <= SRUN_JOB_RUNNING) {
 		debug2("waiting for SIGWINCH");
-		if ((poll(NULL, 0, -1) < 1) && (errno != EINTR)) {
+		if (poll(NULL, 0, -1) < 1) {
 			debug("%s: poll error %m", __func__);
 			continue;
 		}