diff --git a/src/xcb_io.c b/src/xcb_io.c
index 0af47d8..168fd66 100644
--- a/src/xcb_io.c
+++ b/src/xcb_io.c
@@ -604,28 +604,6 @@ Status _XReply(Display *dpy, xReply *rep, int extra, Bool discard)
 		 * ignored those user locks in this case, so we do too. */
 		InternalLockDisplay(dpy, /* ignore user locks */ 1);
 
-		/* We have the response we're looking for. Now, before
-		 * letting anyone else process this sequence number, we
-		 * need to process any events that should have come
-		 * earlier. */
-
-		if(dpy->xcb->event_owner == XlibOwnsEventQueue)
-		{
-			xcb_generic_reply_t *event;
-			/* If some thread is already waiting for events,
-			 * it will get the first one. That thread must
-			 * process that event before we can continue. */
-			/* FIXME: That event might be after this reply,
-			 * and might never even come--or there might be
-			 * multiple threads trying to get events. */
-			while(dpy->xcb->event_waiter)
-			{ /* need braces around ConditionWait */
-				ConditionWait(dpy, dpy->xcb->event_notify);
-			}
-			while((event = poll_for_event(dpy)))
-				handle_response(dpy, event, True);
-		}
-
 		req->reply_waiter = 0;
 		ConditionBroadcast(dpy, dpy->xcb->reply_notify);
 		if(XLIB_SEQUENCE_COMPARE(req->sequence, >, dpy->request)) {