diff --git a/src/network/connection.c b/src/network/connection.c
index f991a0fd0..3c1da9ada 100644
--- a/src/network/connection.c
+++ b/src/network/connection.c
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 #include "config.h"
 #endif
 
-#include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #ifdef HAVE_UNISTD_H
@@ -384,25 +383,6 @@ shutdown_connection_stream(struct connection *conn)
 	conn->stream_pipes[0] = conn->stream_pipes[1] = -1;
 }
 
-static void
-close_popen(int fd)
-{
-	struct popen_data *pop;
-
-	foreach (pop, copiousoutput_data) {
-		if (pop->fd == fd) {
-			del_from_list(pop);
-			pclose(pop->stream);
-			if (pop->filename) {
-				unlink(pop->filename);
-				mem_free(pop->filename);
-			}
-			mem_free(pop);
-			break;
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 static void
 free_connection_data(struct connection *conn)
 {
@@ -423,7 +403,6 @@ free_connection_data(struct connection *conn)
 	if (conn->done)
 		conn->done(conn);
 
-	if (conn->popen) close_popen(conn->socket->fd);
 	done_socket(conn->socket);
 	done_socket(conn->data_socket);
 
diff --git a/src/network/connection.h b/src/network/connection.h
index 311bbaaf7..f5b56c602 100644
--- a/src/network/connection.h
+++ b/src/network/connection.h
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ struct connection {
 	unsigned int running:1;
 	unsigned int unrestartable:1;
 	unsigned int detached:1;
-	unsigned int popen:1;
 	unsigned int cgi:1;
 
 	/* Each document is downloaded with some priority. When downloading a
@@ -75,16 +74,6 @@ struct connection {
 	void *info;
 };
 
-struct popen_data {
-	LIST_HEAD(struct popen_data);
-
-	int fd;
-	FILE *stream;
-	unsigned char *filename;
-};
-
-extern LIST_OF(struct popen_data) copiousoutput_data;
-
 int register_check_queue(void);
 
 int get_connections_count(void);
diff --git a/src/protocol/file/file.c b/src/protocol/file/file.c
index 3a7f582d4..e6fe419e0 100644
--- a/src/protocol/file/file.c
+++ b/src/protocol/file/file.c
@@ -215,7 +215,6 @@ read_special(struct connection *conn, int fd)
 		return;
 	}
 	conn->socket->fd = fd;
-	conn->popen = 1;
 	rb = alloc_read_buffer(conn->socket);
 	if (!rb) {
 		abort_connection(conn, S_OUT_OF_MEM);
@@ -225,7 +224,6 @@ read_special(struct connection *conn, int fd)
 	rb->length = 45;
 	rb->freespace -= 45;
 
-	conn->unrestartable = 1;
 	conn->socket->state = SOCKET_END_ONCLOSE;
 	read_from_socket(conn->socket, rb, S_SENT, http_got_header);
 }
diff --git a/src/session/download.c b/src/session/download.c
index a948b961a..dde81b15a 100644
--- a/src/session/download.c
+++ b/src/session/download.c
@@ -65,8 +65,6 @@
 
 INIT_LIST_OF(struct file_download, downloads);
 
-INIT_LIST_OF(struct popen_data, copiousoutput_data);
-
 int
 download_is_progressing(struct download *download)
 {
@@ -305,26 +303,16 @@ abort_download_and_beep(struct file_download *file_download, struct terminal *te
 }
 
 static void
-read_from_popen(struct session *ses, unsigned char *handler, unsigned char *filename)
+read_from_popen(struct session *ses, unsigned char *handler)
 {
-	FILE *stream = popen(handler, "r");
+	FILE *pop = popen(handler, "r");
 
-	if (stream) {
-		int fd = fileno(stream);
+	if (pop) {
+		int fd = fileno(pop);
 
 		if (fd > 0) {
 			unsigned char buf[48];
 
-			struct popen_data *data = mem_calloc(1, sizeof(*data));
-
-			if (!data) {
-				fclose(stream);
-				return;
-			}
-			data->fd = fd;
-			data->stream = stream;
-			if (filename) data->filename = stracpy(filename);
-			add_to_list(copiousoutput_data, data);
 			snprintf(buf, 48, "file:///dev/fd/%d", fd);
 			goto_url(ses, buf);
 		}
@@ -370,10 +358,7 @@ download_data_store(struct download *download, struct file_download *file_downlo
 		file_download->handle = -1;
 		if (file_download->copiousoutput) {
 			read_from_popen(file_download->ses,
-					file_download->external_handler,
-					file_download->file);
-			file_download->delete = 0;
-			abort_download_and_beep(file_download, term);
+					file_download->external_handler);
 		} else {
 			exec_on_terminal(term, file_download->external_handler,
 				 file_download->file,
@@ -1101,7 +1086,7 @@ tp_open(struct type_query *type_query)
 
 		if (handler) {
 			if (type_query->copiousoutput)
-				read_from_popen(type_query->ses, handler, NULL);
+				read_from_popen(type_query->ses, handler);
 			else
 				exec_on_terminal(type_query->ses->tab->term,
 					 handler, "",