diff --git a/Lib/asyncio/unix_events.py b/Lib/asyncio/unix_events.py
index c88b818de62a6f4..17198098cb15ebd 100644
--- a/Lib/asyncio/unix_events.py
+++ b/Lib/asyncio/unix_events.py
@@ -788,12 +788,11 @@ class _UnixSubprocessTransport(base_subprocess.BaseSubprocessTransport):
 
     def _start(self, args, shell, stdin, stdout, stderr, bufsize, **kwargs):
         stdin_w = None
-        if stdin == subprocess.PIPE:
-            # Use a socket pair for stdin, since not all platforms
+        if stdin == subprocess.PIPE and sys.platform.startswith('aix'):
+            # Use a socket pair for stdin on AIX, since it does not
             # support selecting read events on the write end of a
             # socket (which we use in order to detect closing of the
-            # other end).  Notably this is needed on AIX, and works
-            # just fine on other platforms.
+            # other end).
             stdin, stdin_w = socket.socketpair()
         try:
             self._proc = subprocess.Popen(
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-01-14-10-49-20.bpo-46364.SzhlU9.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-01-14-10-49-20.bpo-46364.SzhlU9.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000000..4f0554ebf1d2faf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-01-14-10-49-20.bpo-46364.SzhlU9.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Restrict use of sockets instead of pipes for stdin of asyncio to AIX platform only.