diff --git a/src/proc.cpp b/src/proc.cpp
index 1390c027b..b6117d90f 100644
--- a/src/proc.cpp
+++ b/src/proc.cpp
@@ -701,10 +701,6 @@ bool terminal_give_to_job(const job_t *j, bool restore_attrs) {
         return true;
     }
 
-    // RAII wrappers must have a name so that their scope is tied to the function as it is legal for
-    // the compiler to construct and then immediately deconstruct unnamed objects otherwise.
-    signal_block_t signal_block;
-
     // It may not be safe to call tcsetpgrp if we've already done so, as at that point we are no
     // longer the controlling process group for the terminal and no longer have permission to set
     // the process group that is in control, causing tcsetpgrp to return EPERM, even though that's
diff --git a/src/signal.h b/src/signal.h
index fa5af8682..be0e1d23b 100644
--- a/src/signal.h
+++ b/src/signal.h
@@ -41,16 +41,4 @@ bool signal_is_blocked();
 /// Returns signals with non-default handlers.
 void get_signals_with_handlers(sigset_t *set);
 
-/// A RAII wrapper for signal_block/signal_unblock that triggers a signal block on creation, and then
-/// automatically releases the block when the object is destroyed, handling control flow and exceptions.
-struct signal_block_t {
-    signal_block_t() {
-        signal_block();
-    }
-
-    ~signal_block_t() {
-        signal_unblock();
-    }
-};
-
 #endif