diff --git a/qpsmtpd-forkserver b/qpsmtpd-forkserver
index 84000f3..2e33618 100755
--- a/qpsmtpd-forkserver
+++ b/qpsmtpd-forkserver
@@ -277,13 +277,7 @@ while (1) {
       next;
     }
     # otherwise child
-  
-    # all children should have different seeds, to prevent conflicts
-    srand();
-    for (0 .. rand(65536)) {
-	Net::DNS::Header::nextid();
-    }
-  
+
     close $_ for $select->handles;
   
     $SIG{$_} = 'DEFAULT' for keys %SIG;