diff --git a/ssh_keygen/scp.c b/ssh_keygen/scp.c
index 885699e5..3e287c9f 100644
--- a/ssh_keygen/scp.c
+++ b/ssh_keygen/scp.c
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ scp_main(int argc, char **argv)
 		    (void) close(remin);
 		if (remout != -1)
 		    (void) close(remout);
-#if !TARGET_OS_IPHONE
+//#if !TARGET_OS_IPHONE
         // Experimental: don't wait for ssh to finish because ssh waits for scp to finish.
         if (waitpid(do_cmd_pid, &status, 0) == -1)
 			errs = 1;
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ scp_main(int argc, char **argv)
 			if (!WIFEXITED(status) || WEXITSTATUS(status) != 0)
 				errs = 1;
 		}
-#endif
+//#endif
 	}
 	exit(errs != 0);
 }
diff --git a/ssh_keygen/sftp.c b/ssh_keygen/sftp.c
index 60dca34e..b4504379 100644
--- a/ssh_keygen/sftp.c
+++ b/ssh_keygen/sftp.c
@@ -2229,6 +2229,10 @@ interactive_loop(struct sftp_conn *conn, char *file1, char *file2)
 	setvbuf(infile, NULL, _IOLBF, 0);
 
 	interactive = !batchmode && isatty(STDIN_FILENO);
+#if TARGET_OS_IPHONE
+    if (interactive)
+        ios_stopInteractive();
+#endif
 
 	err = 0;
 	for (;;) {
@@ -2600,10 +2604,6 @@ sftp_main(int argc, char **argv)
         
 	}
     
-#if TARGET_OS_IPHONE
-    ios_stopInteractive();
-#endif
-
 	err = interactive_loop(conn, file1, file2);
 
 #if !defined(USE_PIPES)
@@ -2617,11 +2617,11 @@ sftp_main(int argc, char **argv)
 		fclose(infile);
 
 // ssh waits for sftp in ios_system::cleanup_function, so this ends in an infinite loop
-#if !TARGET_OS_IPHONE
+//#if !TARGET_OS_IPHONE
     while (waitpid(sshpid, NULL, 0) == -1 && sshpid > 1)
 		if (errno != EINTR)
 			fatal("Couldn't wait for ssh process: %s",
 			    strerror(errno));
-#endif
+//#endif
 	exit(err == 0 ? 0 : 1);
 }
diff --git a/ssh_keygen/ssh.c b/ssh_keygen/ssh.c
index 885bae41..12df45bf 100644
--- a/ssh_keygen/ssh.c
+++ b/ssh_keygen/ssh.c
@@ -1716,11 +1716,6 @@ ssh_main(int ac, char **av)
 
 	/* Kill ProxyCommand if it is running. */
 	ssh_kill_proxy_command();
-#if TARGET_OS_IPHONE
-    if (fileno(thread_stdout) != fileno(thread_stderr))
-        fclose(thread_stderr);
-    fclose(thread_stdout);
-#endif
 	return exit_status;
 }