diff --git a/Lib/asyncio/unix_events.py b/Lib/asyncio/unix_events.py
index 65f0923264d14e..809f29eecba198 100644
--- a/Lib/asyncio/unix_events.py
+++ b/Lib/asyncio/unix_events.py
@@ -1465,8 +1465,6 @@ def _init_watcher(self):
                     self._watcher = PidfdChildWatcher()
                 else:
                     self._watcher = ThreadedChildWatcher()
-                if threading.current_thread() is threading.main_thread():
-                    self._watcher.attach_loop(self._local._loop)
 
     def set_event_loop(self, loop):
         """Set the event loop.