diff --git a/XMPPHP/XMLStream.php b/XMPPHP/XMLStream.php
index cd03c96..0ffec4d 100644
--- a/XMPPHP/XMLStream.php
+++ b/XMPPHP/XMLStream.php
@@ -457,15 +457,7 @@ class XMPPHP_XMLStream {
 			} else if ($updated > 0) {
 				$buff = '';
 				do {
-					if ($buff != '') {
-						//disable blocking for now because fread() will
-						// block until the 4k are full if we already
-						// read a part of the packet
-						stream_set_blocking($this->socket, 0);
-					}
 					$part = fread($this->socket, 4096);
-					stream_set_blocking($this->socket, 1);
-
 					if (!$part) {
 						if($this->reconnect) {
 							$this->doReconnect();