diff -urN simple.old/sftp.c simple/sftp.c
--- simple.old/sftp.c	2009-03-27 15:48:07.000000000 +0100
+++ simple/sftp.c	2009-03-27 15:56:28.000000000 +0100
@@ -131,9 +131,6 @@
         return -1;
     }
 
-    /* Since we have not set non-blocking, tell libssh2 we are blocking */
-    libssh2_session_set_blocking(session, 1);
-
     /* At this point we havn't yet authenticated.  The first thing to do
      * is check the hostkey's fingerprint against our known hosts Your app
      * may have it hard coded, may go to a file, may present it to the
@@ -207,9 +204,6 @@
         goto shutdown;
     }
 
-    /* Since we have not set non-blocking, tell libssh2 we are blocking */
-    libssh2_session_set_blocking(session, 1);
-
     fprintf(stderr, "libssh2_sftp_open()!\n");
     /* Request a file via SFTP */
     sftp_handle =
diff -urN simple.old/sftp_write.c simple/sftp_write.c
--- simple.old/sftp_write.c	2009-03-27 15:48:07.000000000 +0100
+++ simple/sftp_write.c	2009-03-27 15:58:11.000000000 +0100
@@ -155,9 +155,6 @@
         goto shutdown;
     }
 
-    /* Since we have not set non-blocking, tell libssh2 we are blocking */
-    libssh2_session_set_blocking(session, 1);
-
     fprintf(stderr, "libssh2_sftp_open()!\n");
     /* Request a file via SFTP */
     sftp_handle =
diff -urN simple.old/sftp_write_nonblock.c simple/sftp_write_nonblock.c
--- simple.old/sftp_write_nonblock.c	2009-03-27 15:48:07.000000000 +0100
+++ simple/sftp_write_nonblock.c	2009-03-27 15:58:30.000000000 +0100
@@ -180,9 +180,6 @@
         }
     } while (!sftp_session);
 
-    /* Since we have set non-blocking, tell libssh2 we are non-blocking */
-    libssh2_session_set_blocking(session, 0);
-
     fprintf(stderr, "libssh2_sftp_open()!\n");
     /* Request a file via SFTP */
     do {