diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index e848895fcf..59caeab817 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-01-06  Jim Blandy  <jimb@red-bean.com>
+
+	* top.c (gdb_init): Don't set the current directory here; that's
+	already been done in captured_main.
+
 2009-01-06  Sandra Loosemore  <sandra@codesourcery.com>
 
 	* ser-tcp.c: Adjust includes.
diff --git a/gdb/top.c b/gdb/top.c
index 0b40180f89..860c286080 100644
--- a/gdb/top.c
+++ b/gdb/top.c
@@ -1643,9 +1643,6 @@ gdb_init (char *argv0)
 
   /* Run the init function of each source file */
 
-  getcwd (gdb_dirbuf, sizeof (gdb_dirbuf));
-  current_directory = gdb_dirbuf;
-
 #ifdef __MSDOS__
   /* Make sure we return to the original directory upon exit, come
      what may, since the OS doesn't do that for us.  */