diff --git a/src/wtp/join.c b/src/wtp/join.c
index e4bae60b..f4df0a92 100644
--- a/src/wtp/join.c
+++ b/src/wtp/join.c
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ int run_join_d(struct conn * conn, struct sockaddr *sa)
 
 	/* we call connect to bind this socket to a local IP address,
 	 * which we can later obtain by getsockname */
-	rc = connect(sockfd, (struct sockaddr *) sa,
+/*	rc = connect(sockfd, (struct sockaddr *) sa,
 		     sock_addrlen((struct sockaddr *) sa));
 
 	if (rc < 0) {
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ int run_join_d(struct conn * conn, struct sockaddr *sa)
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-
+*/
 	cw_dbg(DBG_DTLS, "Establishing DTLS session with %s", sock_addr2str(sa, addrstr));
 
 	rc = dtls_connect(conn);