diff --git a/docs/changelog-fragments/786.bugfix.rst b/docs/changelog-fragments/786.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..611eea913
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changelog-fragments/786.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Remove the SCP EOF message check in the ``get`` method to allow libssh clients
+get files from Cisco SCP servers. -- by :user:`timway`.
diff --git a/src/pylibsshext/scp.pyx b/src/pylibsshext/scp.pyx
index 99887c527..e3115f6a3 100644
--- a/src/pylibsshext/scp.pyx
+++ b/src/pylibsshext/scp.pyx
@@ -159,12 +159,6 @@ cdef class SCP:
                     remaining_bytes_to_read -= read_bytes
             if mode >= 0:
                 os.chmod(local_file, mode)
-
-            # Make sure we have finished requesting files
-            rc = libssh.ssh_scp_pull_request(scp)
-            if rc != libssh.SSH_SCP_REQUEST_EOF:
-                raise LibsshSCPException("Unexpected request: %s" % self._get_ssh_error_str())
-
         finally:
             if read_buffer is not NULL:
                 PyMem_Free(read_buffer)