diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index 864efe670..04e1d6cc7 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 *Bug tracker at https://github.com/giampaolo/psutil/issues*
 
+
+4.4.1 - XXXX-XX-XX
+==================
+
+Bug fixes
+---------
+
+- 927_: ``Popen.__del__`` may cause maximum recursion depth error.
+
+
 4.4.0 - 2016-10-23
 ==================
 
diff --git a/psutil/__init__.py b/psutil/__init__.py
index dfd3b1737..575780ada 100644
--- a/psutil/__init__.py
+++ b/psutil/__init__.py
@@ -1264,10 +1264,6 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
     def __dir__(self):
         return sorted(set(dir(Popen) + dir(subprocess.Popen)))
 
-    def __del__(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        self.__subproc.__del__(*args, **kwargs)
-        self.__subproc = None
-
     def __enter__(self):
         if hasattr(self.__subproc, '__enter__'):
             self.__subproc.__enter__()