diff --git a/src/windows/bin/java_md.c b/src/windows/bin/java_md.c
index 4353ec5a12f7ed6a98bd3fa529f8b2ee909bad30..dfa50ac8af8d63a84e418df0ee7b610bb95cbf5d 100644
--- a/src/windows/bin/java_md.c
+++ b/src/windows/bin/java_md.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -1212,22 +1212,11 @@ jclass FindBootStrapClass(JNIEnv *env, const char *classname)
    return findBootClass(env, classname);
 }
 
-typedef BOOL (WINAPI *pfn_SetDllDirectory)(LPCTSTR);
-
 void
 InitLauncher(boolean javaw)
 {
     INITCOMMONCONTROLSEX icx;
 
-    // Launcher links with kernel32
-    HMODULE hKernel32 = GetModuleHandle(TEXT("kernel32.dll"));
-    pfn_SetDllDirectory fn = (pfn_SetDllDirectory) GetProcAddress(hKernel32,
-                                 "SetDllDirectory");
-    if (fn != NULL) {
-        // Exclude CWD from Dll search path
-        fn("");
-    }
-
     /*
      * Required for javaw mode MessageBox output as well as for
      * HotSpot -XX:+ShowMessageBoxOnError in java mode, an empty