diff --git a/dlls/ntdll/signal_i386.c b/dlls/ntdll/signal_i386.c
index a6f6ed57fcf..793b22ecd8c 100644
--- a/dlls/ntdll/signal_i386.c
+++ b/dlls/ntdll/signal_i386.c
@@ -1048,15 +1048,6 @@ static void WINAPI raise_trap_exception( EXCEPTION_RECORD *rec, CONTEXT *context
         {
             context->ContextFlags = CONTEXT_DEBUG_REGISTERS;
             NtGetContextThread(GetCurrentThread(), context);
-            /* we have either:
-             *    - a bp from a debug register
-             *    - a single step interrupt at popf instruction, which just has
-             *      removed the TF.
-             *    - someone did a kill(SIGTRAP) on us, and we shall return
-             *      a breakpoint, not a single step exception
-             */
-            if ( !(context->Dr6 & 0xf) && !(context->Dr6 & 0x4000) )
-                rec->ExceptionCode = EXCEPTION_BREAKPOINT;
             context->ContextFlags |= CONTEXT_FULL;  /* restore flags */
         }
     }