diff --git a/examples/client_test.cpp b/examples/client_test.cpp
index 1d24ec249..b97d9425f 100644
--- a/examples/client_test.cpp
+++ b/examples/client_test.cpp
@@ -135,11 +135,11 @@ bool sleep_and_input(char* c, int sleep)
 	FD_ZERO(&set);
 	FD_SET(0, &set);
 	timeval tv = {sleep, 0};
-//	if (select(1, &set, 0, 0, &tv) > 0)
-//	{
-//		*c = getc(stdin);
-//		return true;
-//	}
+	if (select(1, &set, 0, 0, &tv) > 0)
+	{
+		*c = getc(stdin);
+		return true;
+	}
 	libtorrent::sleep(500);
 	return false;
 }
@@ -753,11 +753,6 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 	using namespace libtorrent;
 	session_settings settings;
 
-	{
-		mutex m;
-		mutex::scoped_lock l(m);
-	}
-
 	settings.user_agent = "client_test/" LIBTORRENT_VERSION;
 	settings.auto_upload_slots_rate_based = true;
 	//settings.announce_to_all_trackers = true;