diff --git a/scrapli/transport/plugins/asynctelnet/transport.py b/scrapli/transport/plugins/asynctelnet/transport.py
index 4e617518..a9673e6f 100644
--- a/scrapli/transport/plugins/asynctelnet/transport.py
+++ b/scrapli/transport/plugins/asynctelnet/transport.py
@@ -110,16 +110,11 @@ def _handle_control_chars(self) -> None:
 
         Raises:
             ScrapliConnectionNotOpened: if connection is not opened for some reason
-            ScrapliConnectionNotOpened: if we read an empty byte string from the reader -- this
-                indicates the server sent an EOF -- see #142
 
         """
         if not self.stdout:
             raise ScrapliConnectionNotOpened
 
-        if self._raw_buf.find(NULL) != -1:
-            raise ScrapliConnectionNotOpened("server returned EOF, connection not opened")
-
         index = self._raw_buf.find(IAC)
         if index == -1:
             self._cooked_buf = self._raw_buf
diff --git a/scrapli/transport/plugins/telnet/transport.py b/scrapli/transport/plugins/telnet/transport.py
index 05d6fcaa..4229f719 100644
--- a/scrapli/transport/plugins/telnet/transport.py
+++ b/scrapli/transport/plugins/telnet/transport.py
@@ -141,16 +141,11 @@ def _handle_control_chars(self) -> None:
 
         Raises:
             ScrapliConnectionNotOpened: if connection is not opened for some reason
-            ScrapliConnectionNotOpened: if we read an empty byte string from the reader -- this
-                indicates the server sent an EOF -- see #142
 
         """
         if not self.socket:
             raise ScrapliConnectionNotOpened
 
-        if self._raw_buf.find(NULL) != -1:
-            raise ScrapliConnectionNotOpened("server returned EOF, connection not opened")
-
         index = self._raw_buf.find(IAC)
         if index == -1:
             self._cooked_buf = self._raw_buf