diff --git a/libexec/fingerd/fingerd.c b/libexec/fingerd/fingerd.c
index 440c23696210..25531d3a4a12 100644
--- a/libexec/fingerd/fingerd.c
+++ b/libexec/fingerd/fingerd.c
@@ -100,13 +100,11 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 * Enable server-side Transaction TCP.
 	 */
 	{
-#if	!defined(__alpha__) /* XXX FIXME */
 		int one = 1;
 		if (setsockopt(STDOUT_FILENO, IPPROTO_TCP, TCP_NOPUSH, &one, 
 			       sizeof one) < 0) {
 			logerr("setsockopt(TCP_NOPUSH) failed: %m");
 		}
-#endif
 	}
 
 	if (!fgets(line, sizeof(line), stdin))