diff --git a/src/haproxy.c b/src/haproxy.c
index 534f5a404..2058d7ca6 100644
--- a/src/haproxy.c
+++ b/src/haproxy.c
@@ -747,12 +747,8 @@ static void mworker_reexec(int hardreload)
 
 	setenv("HAPROXY_MWORKER_REEXEC", "1", 1);
 
-	mworker_cleanup_proc();
 	mworker_proc_list_to_env(); /* put the children description in the env */
 
-	/* ensure that we close correctly every listeners before reexecuting */
-	mworker_cleanlisteners();
-
 	startup_logs_free(startup_logs);
 
 	/* during the reload we must ensure that every FDs that can't be