diff --git a/python/helpers/debugpy/launcher/output.py b/python/helpers/debugpy/launcher/output.py
index bdae42f3d9f8..70cd5218ca93 100644
--- a/python/helpers/debugpy/launcher/output.py
+++ b/python/helpers/debugpy/launcher/output.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 # for license information.
 
 import codecs
-import fcntl
 import os
 import threading
 
@@ -50,16 +49,6 @@ class CaptureOutput(object):
             else:
                 log.info("Using encoding {0!r} for {1}", encoding, category)
 
-            # Set stream to non-blocking mode to prevent worker thread from hanging
-            # when the IDE/adapter doesn't consume output fast enough
-            try:
-                fd = self._stream.fileno()
-                flags = fcntl.fcntl(fd, fcntl.F_GETFL)
-                fcntl.fcntl(fd, fcntl.F_SETFL, flags | os.O_NONBLOCK)
-                log.info("Set {0} stream to non-blocking mode", category)
-            except Exception:
-                log.warning("Could not set {0} stream to non-blocking mode; tee may block", category)
-
         self._worker_thread = threading.Thread(target=self._worker, name=category)
         self._worker_thread.start()
 
@@ -76,13 +65,11 @@ class CaptureOutput(object):
             try:
                 s = os.read(self._fd, 0x1000)
             except Exception:
-                log.info("os.read() raised exception in {0} worker.", self.category)
                 break
             if not len(s):
                 break
             self._process_chunk(s)
 
-        log.info("Worker thread for {0} exiting.", self.category)
         # Flush any remaining data in the incremental decoder.
         self._process_chunk(b"", final=True)