diff --git a/gpg-interface.c b/gpg-interface.c
index f614105033..cebac5b9a0 100644
--- a/gpg-interface.c
+++ b/gpg-interface.c
@@ -970,12 +970,9 @@ static int sign_buffer_gpg(struct strbuf *buffer, struct strbuf *signature,
 	struct child_process gpg = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
 	int ret;
 	size_t bottom;
-	const char *cp;
-	struct strbuf gpg_status = STRBUF_INIT;
 
 	strvec_pushl(&gpg.args,
 		     use_format->program,
-		     "--status-fd=2",
 		     "-bsau", signing_key,
 		     NULL);
 
@@ -987,23 +984,11 @@ static int sign_buffer_gpg(struct strbuf *buffer, struct strbuf *signature,
 	 */
 	sigchain_push(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
 	ret = pipe_command(&gpg, buffer->buf, buffer->len,
-			   signature, 1024, &gpg_status, 0);
+			   signature, 1024, NULL, 0);
 	sigchain_pop(SIGPIPE);
 
-	for (cp = gpg_status.buf;
-	     cp && (cp = strstr(cp, "[GNUPG:] SIG_CREATED "));
-	     cp++) {
-		if (cp == gpg_status.buf || cp[-1] == '\n')
-			break; /* found */
-	}
-	ret |= !cp;
-	if (ret) {
-		error(_("gpg failed to sign the data:\n%s"),
-		      gpg_status.len ? gpg_status.buf : "(no gpg output)");
-		strbuf_release(&gpg_status);
-		return -1;
-	}
-	strbuf_release(&gpg_status);
+	if (ret || signature->len == bottom)
+		return error(_("gpg failed to sign the data"));
 
 	/* Strip CR from the line endings, in case we are on Windows. */
 	remove_cr_after(signature, bottom);
diff --git a/t/t7004-tag.sh b/t/t7004-tag.sh
index b41a47eb94..38886ea62d 100755
--- a/t/t7004-tag.sh
+++ b/t/t7004-tag.sh
@@ -1403,30 +1403,6 @@ test_expect_success GPG \
 	'test_config user.signingkey BobTheMouse &&
 	test_must_fail git tag -s -m tail tag-gpg-failure'
 
-# try to produce invalid signature
-test_expect_success GPG \
-	'git tag -s fails if gpg is misconfigured (bad signature format)' \
-	'test_config gpg.program echo &&
-	 test_must_fail git tag -s -m tail tag-gpg-failure'
-
-# try to produce invalid signature
-test_expect_success GPG 'git verifies tag is valid with double signature' '
-	git tag -s -m tail tag-gpg-double-sig &&
-	git cat-file tag tag-gpg-double-sig >tag &&
-	othersigheader=$(test_oid othersigheader) &&
-	sed -ne "/^\$/q;p" tag >new-tag &&
-	cat <<-EOM >>new-tag &&
-	$othersigheader -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
-	 someinvaliddata
-	 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
-	EOM
-	sed -e "1,/^tagger/d" tag >>new-tag &&
-	new_tag=$(git hash-object -t tag -w new-tag) &&
-	git update-ref refs/tags/tag-gpg-double-sig $new_tag &&
-	git verify-tag tag-gpg-double-sig &&
-	git fsck
-'
-
 # try to sign with bad user.signingkey
 test_expect_success GPGSM \
 	'git tag -s fails if gpgsm is misconfigured (bad key)' \
@@ -1434,13 +1410,6 @@ test_expect_success GPGSM \
 	 test_config gpg.format x509 &&
 	 test_must_fail git tag -s -m tail tag-gpg-failure'
 
-# try to produce invalid signature
-test_expect_success GPGSM \
-	'git tag -s fails if gpgsm is misconfigured (bad signature format)' \
-	'test_config gpg.x509.program echo &&
-	 test_config gpg.format x509 &&
-	 test_must_fail git tag -s -m tail tag-gpg-failure'
-
 # try to verify without gpg:
 
 rm -rf gpghome