diff --git a/mercurial/scmutil.py b/mercurial/scmutil.py
--- a/mercurial/scmutil.py
+++ b/mercurial/scmutil.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 import hashlib
 import os
 import re
-import socket
 import subprocess
 import weakref
 
@@ -270,8 +269,6 @@
         # Commands shouldn't sys.exit directly, but give a return code.
         # Just in case catch this and and pass exit code to caller.
         return inst.code
-    except socket.error as inst:
-        ui.error(_("abort: %s\n") % stringutil.forcebytestr(inst.args[-1]))
 
     return -1