diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioClientSocketPipelineSink.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioClientSocketPipelineSink.java
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioClientSocketPipelineSink.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioClientSocketPipelineSink.java
@@ -357,12 +357,6 @@ class NioClientSocketPipelineSink extends AbstractChannelSink {
             ConnectException cause = null;
             for (SelectionKey k: keys) {
                 if (!k.isValid()) {
-                    close(k);
-                    continue;
-                }
-
-                if (k.isConnectable()) {
-                    connect(k);
                     continue;
                 }
Fixed intermittent connection attempt failure due to a bug in connect timeout handler code