diff --git a/src/comm/QGCXPlaneLink.cc b/src/comm/QGCXPlaneLink.cc
index 1471dce1fed2d8be846b42561956b4c8a8b8f9bd..e2aa4abc635d91ece3c95511062d01d9da553ecb 100644
--- a/src/comm/QGCXPlaneLink.cc
+++ b/src/comm/QGCXPlaneLink.cc
@@ -144,7 +144,9 @@ void QGCXPlaneLink::setVersion(unsigned int version)
  **/
 void QGCXPlaneLink::run()
 {
-    exec();
+    forever {
+        QGC::SLEEP::usleep(500000);
+    }
 }
 
 void QGCXPlaneLink::setPort(int localPort)
diff --git a/src/comm/UDPLink.cc b/src/comm/UDPLink.cc
index 10239d14d836654693773982587c1792c002a8a1..61f0c5d4b8bbfce27be8a5c21a225bcc6e63968d 100644
--- a/src/comm/UDPLink.cc
+++ b/src/comm/UDPLink.cc
@@ -69,7 +69,9 @@ UDPLink::~UDPLink()
  **/
 void UDPLink::run()
 {
-	exec();
+    forever {
+        QGC::SLEEP::usleep(500000);
+    }
 }
 
 void UDPLink::setAddress(QHostAddress host)