diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 0aadf93..c0ecd6b 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ corrections:
 	Fixed by providing temporary DH parameters. Thanks to Philip Rowlands
 	for drawing my attention to this issue.
 
+	UDP-LISTEN slept 1s after accepting a connection. This is not required.
+	Thanks to Peter Valdemar Morch for reporting this issue
+
 porting:
 	Cedril Priscal ported socat to Android (using Googles cross compiler).
 	The port includes the socat_buildscript_for_android.sh script
diff --git a/xio-udp.c b/xio-udp.c
index 3f443bc..082870a 100644
--- a/xio-udp.c
+++ b/xio-udp.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* source: xio-udp.c */
-/* Copyright Gerhard Rieger 2001-2010 */
+/* Copyright Gerhard Rieger 2001-2011 */
 /* Published under the GNU General Public License V.2, see file COPYING */
 
 /* this file contains the source for handling UDP addresses */
@@ -257,7 +257,6 @@ int xioopen_ipdgram_listen(int argc, const char *argv[], struct opt *opts,
 	 if (Close(fd->stream.fd) < 0) {
 	    Info2("close(%d): %s", fd->stream.fd, strerror(errno));
 	 }
-	 Sleep(1);	/*! give child a chance to consume the old packet */
 
 	 continue;
       }