From 706c31790387c3bc48be75f8f5b067f783704cb0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jacek Sieka <arnetheduck@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2026 20:24:48 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix invalid join (#25896)

can't join a thread that wasn't started (causes random crashes)

(cherry picked from commit 7fa006c4e51de6c44164cc53a059fdc494fb6ac5)
---
 tests/generics/t22305.nim | 8 --------
 1 file changed, 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tests/generics/t22305.nim b/tests/generics/t22305.nim
index 6158ee3f1b..967932a05a 100644
--- a/tests/generics/t22305.nim
+++ b/tests/generics/t22305.nim
@@ -14,12 +14,6 @@ type WorkProc[A, B] = proc(a: A): Option[B] {.nimcall.}
 proc worker[TArg](p: TArg) {.thread, nimcall.} =
   discard
 
-proc readFilesThread() =
-  type TArg[A, B] =
-    tuple[r: ptr Channel[Option[A]], w: ptr Channel[Option[B]], p: WorkProc[A, B]]
-
-  var readThread: Thread[TArg[int, SharedBuf]]
-
 proc readFilesAd() {.async.} =
   var readChan: Channel[Option[int]]
 
@@ -29,8 +23,6 @@ proc readFilesAd() {.async.} =
   var readThread: Thread[TArg[int, SharedBuf]]
   let test = await (addr readChan).recv()
 
-  joinThread(readThread)
-
 waitFor readFilesAd()
 
 type