diff --git a/st.c b/st.c
index 6bfce17..c7a54f8 100644
--- a/st.c
+++ b/st.c
@@ -726,8 +726,10 @@ followurl(int x, int y) {
 			execlp(urlhandler, urlhandler, linestr + url_start, NULL);
 		exit(1);
 	}
+	/* // handled by st-externalpipe patch
 	if (chpid > 0)
 		waitpid(chpid, NULL, 0);
+	*/
 	free(linestr);
 	unhighlighturls();
 }