diff --git a/src/common/init.c b/src/common/init.c
index 8e27ebaf1..fe7544245 100644
--- a/src/common/init.c
+++ b/src/common/init.c
@@ -92,10 +92,6 @@ static void exitSignalHandler(FF_MAYBE_UNUSED int signal)
     resetConsole();
     exit(0);
 }
-static void chldSignalHandler(FF_MAYBE_UNUSED int signal)
-{
-    // empty; used to interrupt the poll and read syscalls
-}
 #endif
 
 void ffStart(void)
@@ -121,7 +117,10 @@ void ffStart(void)
     sigaction(SIGINT, &action, NULL);
     sigaction(SIGTERM, &action, NULL);
     sigaction(SIGQUIT, &action, NULL);
-    sigaction(SIGCHLD, &(struct sigaction) { .sa_handler = chldSignalHandler }, NULL);
+    sigset_t newmask;
+    sigemptyset(&newmask);
+    sigaddset(&newmask, SIGCHLD);
+    sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, &newmask, NULL);
     #endif
 
     //reset everything to default before we start printing
diff --git a/src/common/processing_linux.c b/src/common/processing_linux.c
index c4139ff4b..7ddd725da 100644
--- a/src/common/processing_linux.c
+++ b/src/common/processing_linux.c
@@ -184,30 +184,13 @@ const char* ffProcessReadOutput(FFProcessHandle* handle, FFstrbuf* buffer)
                 waitpid(childPid, NULL, 0);
                 return "poll(&pollfd, 1, timeout) timeout (try increasing --processing-timeout)";
             }
-            else if (pollret < 0)
-            {
-                if (errno == EINTR)
-                {
-                    // The child process has been terminated. See `chldSignalHandler` in `common/init.c`
-                    if (waitpid(childPid, NULL, WNOHANG) == childPid)
-                    {
-                        // Read remaining data from the pipe
-                        fcntl(childPipeFd, F_SETFL, O_CLOEXEC | O_NONBLOCK);
-                        childPid = -1;
-                    }
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    kill(childPid, SIGTERM);
-                    waitpid(childPid, NULL, 0);
-                    return "poll(&pollfd, 1, timeout) error: not EINTR";
-                }
-            }
-            else if (pollfd.revents & POLLERR)
+            else if (pollret < 0 || (pollfd.revents & POLLERR))
             {
                 kill(childPid, SIGTERM);
                 waitpid(childPid, NULL, 0);
-                return "poll(&pollfd, 1, timeout) error: POLLERR";
+                return pollret < 0
+                    ? "poll(&pollfd, 1, timeout) error: pollret < 0"
+                    : "poll(&pollfd, 1, timeout) error: pollfd.revents & POLLERR";
             }
         }
 
@@ -229,12 +212,7 @@ const char* ffProcessReadOutput(FFProcessHandle* handle, FFstrbuf* buffer)
             return NULL;
         }
         else if (nRead < 0)
-        {
-            if (errno == EAGAIN)
-                return NULL;
-            else
-                break;
-        }
+            break;
     }
 
     return "read(childPipeFd, str, FF_PIPE_BUFSIZ) failed";