diff --git a/server/ptrace.c b/server/ptrace.c
index b9dd9e9539a..1875e1dfd56 100644
--- a/server/ptrace.c
+++ b/server/ptrace.c
@@ -627,9 +627,6 @@ void set_thread_context( struct thread *thread, const context_t *context, unsign
 
     if (!suspend_for_ptrace( thread )) return;
 
-    /* force all breakpoint lengths to 1, workaround for kernel bug 200965 */
-    ptrace( PTRACE_POKEUSER, pid, DR_OFFSET(7), 0x11110055 );
-
     switch (context->machine)
     {
     case IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386: