diff --git a/src/migrate_logs_to_dot9_db.py b/src/migrate_logs_to_dot9_db.py
index 7bb402822..1362d3dc8 100755
--- a/src/migrate_logs_to_dot9_db.py
+++ b/src/migrate_logs_to_dot9_db.py
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import os
 import sre
 import sys
 import time
-import signal
 from common import logger
 from common import i18n
 
@@ -40,8 +39,6 @@ except:
 	PREFERRED_ENCODING = 'utf-8'
 from common.helpers import from_one_line, decode_string
 
-signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, signal.SIG_DFL) # ^C exits the application
-
 from pysqlite2 import dbapi2 as sqlite
 
 if os.name == 'nt':