diff --git a/executer/user/mcexec.c b/executer/user/mcexec.c
index 43625169..a3ea256d 100644
--- a/executer/user/mcexec.c
+++ b/executer/user/mcexec.c
@@ -589,13 +589,6 @@ int main_loop(int fd, int cpu, pthread_mutex_t *lock)
 			do_syscall_return(fd, cpu, ret, 0, 0, 0, 0);
 			break;
 
-		case __NR_close:
-			__dprintf("mcexec.c,close,fd=%lx\n", w.sr.args[0]);
-			ret = close(w.sr.args[0]);
-			SET_ERR(ret);
-			do_syscall_return(fd, cpu, ret, 0, 0, 0, 0);
-			break;
-
 		case __NR_lseek:
 			ret = lseek64(w.sr.args[0], w.sr.args[1], w.sr.args[2]);
 			do_syscall_return(fd, cpu, ret, 0, 0, 0, 0);
diff --git a/kernel/syscall.c b/kernel/syscall.c
index cf104edf..914df84a 100644
--- a/kernel/syscall.c
+++ b/kernel/syscall.c
@@ -165,22 +165,6 @@ SYSCALL_DECLARE(gettimeofday)
 	SYSCALL_FOOTER;
 }
 
-SYSCALL_DECLARE(close)
-{
-	SYSCALL_HEADER;
-	SYSCALL_ARGS_1(D);
-	SYSCALL_FOOTER;
-#if 0
-	dkprintf("[%d] close() \n", ihk_mc_get_processor_id());
-	return -EBADF;
-#endif
-/*
-	SYSCALL_HEADER;
-	SYSCALL_ARGS_1(D);
-	SYSCALL_FOOTER;
-*/
-}
-
 SYSCALL_DECLARE(lseek)
 {
 	SYSCALL_HEADER;
@@ -987,7 +971,6 @@ SYSCALL_DECLARE(pmc_reset)
 
 static long (*syscall_table[])(int, ihk_mc_user_context_t *) = {
 	[2] = sys_open,
-	[3] = sys_close,
 	[8] = sys_lseek,
 	[9] = sys_mmap,
 	[10] = sys_mprotect,