diff --git a/RTCP/IONProc/src/LogThread.cc b/RTCP/IONProc/src/LogThread.cc
index 1a08e8289e19feabeab7b9af6fda2cc4d88aca2b..6d222315b213487d38a33c1d217eb7ab1fba2d93 100644
--- a/RTCP/IONProc/src/LogThread.cc
+++ b/RTCP/IONProc/src/LogThread.cc
@@ -174,8 +174,6 @@ void LogThread::mainLoop()
 
     LOG_INFO_STR(logStr.str());
     sleep(1);
-
-    Cancellation::point(); // fscanf is not necessarily a cancellation point, so we need to insert one explicitly
   }
 
   //LOG_DEBUG("LogThread stopped");