diff --git a/libpod/container_internal.go b/libpod/container_internal.go
index bcbf13f6d2..004f8a5578 100644
--- a/libpod/container_internal.go
+++ b/libpod/container_internal.go
@@ -1512,7 +1512,6 @@ func (c *Container) restartWithTimeout(ctx context.Context, timeout uint) (retEr
 	c.newContainerEvent(events.Restart)
 
 	if c.state.State == define.ContainerStateRunning {
-		conmonPID := c.state.ConmonPID
 		if err := c.stop(timeout); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -1522,23 +1521,6 @@ func (c *Container) restartWithTimeout(ctx context.Context, timeout uint) (retEr
 				logrus.Error(err.Error())
 			}
 		}
-		// Old versions of conmon have a bug where they create the exit file before
-		// closing open file descriptors causing a race condition when restarting
-		// containers with open ports since we cannot bind the ports as they're not
-		// yet closed by conmon.
-		//
-		// Killing the old conmon PID is ~okay since it forces the FDs of old conmons
-		// to be closed, while it's a NOP for newer versions which should have
-		// exited already.
-		if conmonPID != 0 {
-			// Ignore errors from FindProcess() as conmon could already have exited.
-			p, err := os.FindProcess(conmonPID)
-			if p != nil && err == nil {
-				if err = p.Kill(); err != nil {
-					logrus.Debugf("error killing conmon process: %v", err)
-				}
-			}
-		}
 		// Ensure we tear down the container network so it will be
 		// recreated - otherwise, behavior of restart differs from stop
 		// and start