--- libapache-mod-fastcgi-2.4.6.orig/mod_fastcgi.c	2007-11-13 00:00:10.000000000 +0100
+++ libapache-mod-fastcgi-2.4.6/mod_fastcgi.c  2012-01-11 18:08:56.000000000 +0100
@@ -1366,16 +1366,6 @@
         return FCGI_FAILED; 
     }
 
-#ifndef WIN32
-    if (fr->fd >= FD_SETSIZE) {
-        ap_log_rerror(FCGI_LOG_ERR, r,
-            "FastCGI: failed to connect to server \"%s\": "
-            "socket file descriptor (%u) is larger than "
-            "FD_SETSIZE (%u), you probably need to rebuild Apache with a "
-            "larger FD_SETSIZE", fr->fs_path, fr->fd, FD_SETSIZE);
-        return FCGI_FAILED;
-    }
-#endif
 
     /* If appConnectTimeout is non-zero, setup do a non-blocking connect */
     if ((fr->dynamic && dynamicAppConnectTimeout) || (!fr->dynamic && fr->fs->appConnectTimeout)) {