diff --git a/src/thread/pthread/SDL_systhread.c b/src/thread/pthread/SDL_systhread.c
index 5ad354f8f2..09d3c896b8 100644
--- a/src/thread/pthread/SDL_systhread.c
+++ b/src/thread/pthread/SDL_systhread.c
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 #ifdef HAVE_SIGNAL_H
 // List of signals to mask in the subthreads
 static const int sig_list[] = {
-    SIGHUP, SIGINT, SIGQUIT, SIGPIPE, SIGALRM, SIGTERM, SIGCHLD, SIGWINCH,
+    SIGHUP, SIGINT, SIGQUIT, SIGPIPE, SIGALRM, SIGTERM, SIGWINCH,
     SIGVTALRM, SIGPROF, 0
 };
 #endif