diff --git a/xCAT-server/sbin/xcatd b/xCAT-server/sbin/xcatd
index fc5657c35..85d05da73 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/sbin/xcatd
+++ b/xCAT-server/sbin/xcatd
@@ -1064,9 +1064,9 @@ until ($quit) {
   }
   #we have a pending connection and we are under the threshold, grab one from the list and process it...
   my $cnnection=shift @pendingconnections;
-  my $previous = select ($cnnection); #assure that perl buffering is not in play at the low level
-  $|=1;
-  select ($previous);
+  #my $previous = select ($cnnection); #assure that perl buffering is not in play at the low level
+  #$|=1;
+  #select ($previous);
   my $connection;
   my $child = xCAT::Utils->xfork(); #Yes we fork, IO::Socket::SSL is not threadsafe..
   if ($child) {
@@ -1111,9 +1111,9 @@ until ($quit) {
     unless ($connection) {
        xexit 0;
     }
-    $previous=select($connection); #also assure buffering not in play at SSL socket, which seems to be possibly independent of lower socket
-    $|=1;
-    select($previous);
+  #  $previous=select($connection); #also assure buffering not in play at SSL socket, which seems to be possibly independent of lower socket
+  #  $|=1;
+  #  select($previous);
     $clientselect->add($connection);
     my $peerhost=undef;
     my $peerfqdn=undef;