diff --git a/kernel/src/Pledge.h b/kernel/src/Pledge.h
index 8b9bdba0..f7ea264f 100644
--- a/kernel/src/Pledge.h
+++ b/kernel/src/Pledge.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 #define enumerate_promises(_p)                                                                                         \
     _p(stdio) _p(rpath) _p(wpath) _p(cpath) _p(fattr) _p(chown) _p(unix) _p(tty) _p(proc) _p(exec) _p(prot_exec)       \
-        _p(id) _p(mount) _p(signal) _p(host) _p(error)
+        _p(id) _p(mount) _p(host) _p(error)
 
 enum class Promise
 {
diff --git a/kernel/src/sys/signal.cpp b/kernel/src/sys/signal.cpp
index 112cd458..8e3f139d 100644
--- a/kernel/src/sys/signal.cpp
+++ b/kernel/src/sys/signal.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Result<u64> sys_sigreturn(Registers* regs, SyscallArgs)
 Result<u64> sys_sigaction(Registers*, SyscallArgs args)
 {
     auto* current = Scheduler::current();
-    TRY(check_pledge(current, Promise::p_signal));
+    TRY(check_pledge(current, Promise::p_stdio));
 
     int signo = (int)args[0];
     const struct sigaction* act = (const struct sigaction*)args[1];
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ Result<u64> sys_kill(Registers*, SyscallArgs args)
 Result<u64> sys_sigprocmask(Registers*, SyscallArgs args)
 {
     auto* current = Scheduler::current();
-    TRY(check_pledge(current, Promise::p_signal));
+    TRY(check_pledge(current, Promise::p_stdio));
 
     int how = (int)args[0];
     const sigset_t* set = (const sigset_t*)args[1];