diff --git a/jdk/make/com/sun/tools/attach/Makefile b/jdk/make/com/sun/tools/attach/Makefile
index 0fa41d9d9ca26d87ba1242ef9c85220b6781fe44..1e450133451228d8dda4a335239e5a3a505e8493 100644
--- a/jdk/make/com/sun/tools/attach/Makefile
+++ b/jdk/make/com/sun/tools/attach/Makefile
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ include Exportedfiles.gmk
 ifeq ($(PLATFORM), solaris)
 OTHER_LDLIBS += -ldoor
 endif
+ifeq ($(PLATFORM), windows)
+EXTRA_LIBS += psapi.lib
+endif
 
 vpath %.c $(PLATFORM_SRC)/native/sun/tools/attach
 
diff --git a/jdk/src/windows/classes/sun/tools/attach/WindowsAttachProvider.java b/jdk/src/windows/classes/sun/tools/attach/WindowsAttachProvider.java
index b915ab89534958626134e12348510b8c2b9f895a..cda6a73bc29fb813c4f0244cdb74f75daa8cfbaf 100644
--- a/jdk/src/windows/classes/sun/tools/attach/WindowsAttachProvider.java
+++ b/jdk/src/windows/classes/sun/tools/attach/WindowsAttachProvider.java
@@ -126,16 +126,6 @@ public class WindowsAttachProvider extends HotSpotAttachProvider {
      * of the process list.
      */
     private List<VirtualMachineDescriptor> listJavaProcesses() {
-        // ensure that process status helper is loaded (psapi.dll)
-        if (!isProcessStatusHelperInitialized) {
-            synchronized (WindowsAttachProvider.class) {
-                if (!isProcessStatusHelperInitialized) {
-                    initializeProcessStatusHelper();
-                    isProcessStatusHelperInitialized = true;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
         ArrayList<VirtualMachineDescriptor> list =
             new ArrayList<VirtualMachineDescriptor>();
 
@@ -172,12 +162,6 @@ public class WindowsAttachProvider extends HotSpotAttachProvider {
         return list;
     }
 
-    // indicates if psapi.dll has been initialized
-    private static volatile boolean isProcessStatusHelperInitialized;
-
-    // loads psapi
-    private static native void initializeProcessStatusHelper();
-
     // enumerates processes using psapi's EnumProcesses
     private static native int enumProcesses(int[] processes, int max);
 
diff --git a/jdk/src/windows/native/sun/tools/attach/WindowsAttachProvider.c b/jdk/src/windows/native/sun/tools/attach/WindowsAttachProvider.c
index 8ddccd7ce21123d5af098e2b4fed7563e2fb6141..bbd6f400a24e2bf4465570bcd06c7bc833a8d345 100644
--- a/jdk/src/windows/native/sun/tools/attach/WindowsAttachProvider.c
+++ b/jdk/src/windows/native/sun/tools/attach/WindowsAttachProvider.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <windows.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <Psapi.h>
 
 #include "jni.h"
 #include "jni_util.h"
@@ -96,41 +97,6 @@ Java_sun_tools_attach_WindowsAttachProvider_volumeFlags(JNIEnv *env, jclass cls,
 }
 
 
-/*
- * Process status helper library functions
- */
-static BOOL  (WINAPI *_EnumProcesses)     (DWORD *, DWORD, DWORD *);
-static BOOL  (WINAPI *_EnumProcessModules)(HANDLE, HMODULE *, DWORD, LPDWORD);
-static DWORD (WINAPI *_GetModuleBaseName) (HANDLE, HMODULE, LPTSTR, DWORD);
-
-
-/*
- * Class:     sun_tools_attach_WindowsAttachProvider
- * Method:    initializeProcessStatusHelper
- * Signature: ()V
- */
-JNIEXPORT void JNICALL
-Java_sun_tools_attach_WindowsAttachProvider_initializeProcessStatusHelper(JNIEnv *env, jclass cls)
-{
-    HINSTANCE psapi = LoadLibrary("PSAPI.DLL") ;
-    if (psapi != NULL) {
-        _EnumProcesses = (BOOL(WINAPI *)(DWORD *, DWORD, DWORD *))
-            GetProcAddress(psapi, "EnumProcesses") ;
-        _EnumProcessModules = (BOOL(WINAPI *)(HANDLE, HMODULE *, DWORD, LPDWORD))
-            GetProcAddress(psapi, "EnumProcessModules");
-        _GetModuleBaseName = (DWORD(WINAPI *)(HANDLE, HMODULE, LPTSTR, DWORD))
-            GetProcAddress(psapi, "GetModuleBaseNameA");
-    }
-
-    if ((_EnumProcesses == NULL) ||
-        (_EnumProcessModules == NULL) ||
-        (_GetModuleBaseName == NULL))
-    {
-        JNU_ThrowInternalError(env, "Unable to initialize process status helper library");
-    }
-}
-
-
 /*
  * Class:     sun_tools_attach_WindowsAttachProvider
  * Method:    enumProcesses
@@ -147,7 +113,7 @@ Java_sun_tools_attach_WindowsAttachProvider_enumProcesses(JNIEnv *env, jclass cl
     size = max * sizeof(DWORD);
     ptr = (DWORD*)malloc(size);
     if (ptr != NULL) {
-        BOOL res = (*_EnumProcesses)(ptr, size, &bytesReturned);
+        BOOL res = EnumProcesses(ptr, size, &bytesReturned);
         if (res != 0) {
             result = (jint)(bytesReturned / sizeof(DWORD));
             (*env)->SetIntArrayRegion(env, arr, 0, (jsize)result, (jint*)ptr);
@@ -192,13 +158,13 @@ Java_sun_tools_attach_WindowsAttachProvider_isLibraryLoadedByProcess(JNIEnv *env
     size = 1024 * sizeof(HMODULE);
     ptr = (HMODULE*)malloc(size);
     if (ptr != NULL) {
-        BOOL res = (*_EnumProcessModules)(hProcess, ptr, size, &bytesReturned);
+        BOOL res = EnumProcessModules(hProcess, ptr, size, &bytesReturned);
         if (res != 0) {
             int count = bytesReturned / sizeof(HMODULE);
             int i = 0;
             while (i < count) {
                 char base[256];
-                BOOL res = (*_GetModuleBaseName)(hProcess, ptr[i], base, sizeof(base));
+                BOOL res = GetModuleBaseName(hProcess, ptr[i], base, sizeof(base));
                 if (res != 0) {
                     if (strcmp(base, lib) == 0) {
                       result = JNI_TRUE;
diff --git a/jdk/src/windows/native/sun/tools/attach/WindowsVirtualMachine.c b/jdk/src/windows/native/sun/tools/attach/WindowsVirtualMachine.c
index 6086ddf30f0b7befcb6e377b7e0b77ee7173137c..a956730d8cad95b89a71b19cf878dfc8ccf0cdf2 100644
--- a/jdk/src/windows/native/sun/tools/attach/WindowsVirtualMachine.c
+++ b/jdk/src/windows/native/sun/tools/attach/WindowsVirtualMachine.c
@@ -32,13 +32,13 @@
 
 
 /* kernel32 */
-typedef HINSTANCE (WINAPI* LoadLibraryFunc) (LPCTSTR);
+typedef HINSTANCE (WINAPI* GetModuleHandleFunc) (LPCTSTR);
 typedef FARPROC (WINAPI* GetProcAddressFunc)(HMODULE, LPCSTR);
 
 /* only on Windows 64-bit or 32-bit application running under WOW64 */
 typedef BOOL (WINAPI *IsWow64ProcessFunc) (HANDLE, PBOOL);
 
-static LoadLibraryFunc _LoadLibrary;
+static GetModuleHandleFunc _GetModuleHandle;
 static GetProcAddressFunc _GetProcAddress;
 static IsWow64ProcessFunc _IsWow64Process;
 
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ static void jstring_to_cstring(JNIEnv* env, jstring jstr, char* cstr, int len);
 #define MAX_PIPE_NAME_LENGTH    256
 
 typedef struct {
-   LoadLibraryFunc _LoadLibrary;
+   GetModuleHandleFunc _GetModuleHandle;
    GetProcAddressFunc _GetProcAddress;
    char jvmLib[MAX_LIBNAME_LENGTH];         /* "jvm.dll" */
    char func1[MAX_FUNC_LENGTH];
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ static DWORD WINAPI thread_func(DataBlock *pData)
     HINSTANCE h;
     EnqueueOperationFunc addr;
 
-    h = pData->_LoadLibrary(pData->jvmLib);
+    h = pData->_GetModuleHandle(pData->jvmLib);
     if (h == NULL) {
         return ERR_OPEN_JVM_FAIL;
     }
@@ -131,15 +131,10 @@ static void thread_end (void) {
 JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_sun_tools_attach_WindowsVirtualMachine_init
   (JNIEnv *env, jclass cls)
 {
-    HINSTANCE h = LoadLibrary("kernel32");
-    if (h != NULL) {
-        _LoadLibrary = (LoadLibraryFunc) GetProcAddress(h, "LoadLibraryA");
-        _GetProcAddress = (GetProcAddressFunc)GetProcAddress(h, "GetProcAddress");
-        _IsWow64Process = (IsWow64ProcessFunc)GetProcAddress(h, "IsWow64Process");
-    }
-    if (_LoadLibrary == NULL || _GetProcAddress == NULL) {
-        JNU_ThrowInternalError(env, "Unable to get address of LoadLibraryA or GetProcAddress");
-    }
+    // All following APIs exist on Windows XP with SP2/Windows Server 2008
+    _GetModuleHandle = (GetModuleHandleFunc)GetModuleHandle;
+    _GetProcAddress = (GetProcAddressFunc)GetProcAddress;
+    _IsWow64Process = (IsWow64ProcessFunc)IsWow64Process;
 }
 
 
@@ -375,7 +370,7 @@ JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_sun_tools_attach_WindowsVirtualMachine_enqueue
     /*
      * Setup data to copy to target process
      */
-    data._LoadLibrary = _LoadLibrary;
+    data._GetModuleHandle = _GetModuleHandle;
     data._GetProcAddress = _GetProcAddress;
 
     strcpy(data.jvmLib, "jvm");
diff --git a/jdk/src/windows/native/sun/tracing/dtrace/jvm_symbols_md.c b/jdk/src/windows/native/sun/tracing/dtrace/jvm_symbols_md.c
index f7ae46ecd8f23ab7bbaef9aadb033b454e9fcf23..dd4d5d03fc868aab90ccea176e87cd90eda29a8b 100644
--- a/jdk/src/windows/native/sun/tracing/dtrace/jvm_symbols_md.c
+++ b/jdk/src/windows/native/sun/tracing/dtrace/jvm_symbols_md.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 JvmSymbols* lookupJvmSymbols() {
     JvmSymbols* syms = (JvmSymbols*)malloc(sizeof(JvmSymbols));
     if (syms != NULL) {
-        HINSTANCE jvm = LoadLibrary("jvm.dll");
+        HINSTANCE jvm = GetModuleHandle("jvm.dll");
         if (jvm == NULL) {
             free(syms);
             return NULL;
diff --git a/jdk/src/windows/npt/npt_md.h b/jdk/src/windows/npt/npt_md.h
index 394a8dc3b5ebdb757396675ba0ee7258014650ed..4cf2176db1c1b90ec76c94429e4a2220dfee2f65 100644
--- a/jdk/src/windows/npt/npt_md.h
+++ b/jdk/src/windows/npt/npt_md.h
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
         _handle =  NULL;                                                \
         *(pnpt) = NULL;                                                 \
         buf[0] = 0;                                                     \
-        jvm = LoadLibrary("jvm.dll");                                   \
+        jvm = GetModuleHandle("jvm.dll");                               \
         if ( jvm == NULL ) NPT_ERROR("Cannot find jvm.dll");            \
         GetModuleFileName(jvm, buf, FILENAME_MAX);                      \
         lastSlash = strrchr(buf, '\\');                                 \