diff --git a/Modules/socketmodule.c b/Modules/socketmodule.c
index 81e9cc908fc..89df463a523 100644
--- a/Modules/socketmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/socketmodule.c
@@ -2592,7 +2592,6 @@ sock_connect_impl(PySocketSockObject *s, void* Py_UNUSED(data))
     if (err != 0) {
         /* sock_call_ex() uses GET_SOCK_ERROR() to get the error code */
         SET_SOCK_ERROR(err);
-        abort();
         return 0;
     }
     return 1;