--- libtransmission/fdlimit.c.orig	2018-01-10 20:21:41.933611849 +0100

+++ libtransmission/fdlimit.c	2018-01-10 20:22:02.367013913 +0100

@@ -365,22 +365,6 @@

       fileset_construct (&i->fileset, FILE_CACHE_SIZE);

       session->fdInfo = i;

-#ifndef _WIN32

-      /* set the open-file limit to the largest safe size wrt FD_SETSIZE */

-      struct rlimit limit;

-      if (!getrlimit (RLIMIT_NOFILE, &limit))

-        {

-          const int old_limit = (int) limit.rlim_cur;

-          const int new_limit = MIN (limit.rlim_max, FD_SETSIZE);

-          if (new_limit != old_limit)

-            {

-              limit.rlim_cur = new_limit;

-              setrlimit (RLIMIT_NOFILE, &limit);

-              getrlimit (RLIMIT_NOFILE, &limit);

-              tr_logAddInfo ("Changed open file limit from %d to %d", old_limit, (int)limit.rlim_cur);

-            }

-        }

-#endif

     }

 }