diff --git a/dlls/wmphoto/Makefile.in b/dlls/wmphoto/Makefile.in
index 8a626e61f18..d9bfe9542f3 100644
--- a/dlls/wmphoto/Makefile.in
+++ b/dlls/wmphoto/Makefile.in
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ MODULE = wmphoto.dll
 IMPORTS = windowscodecs uuid ole32 oleaut32 propsys rpcrt4 shlwapi
 PARENTSRC = ../windowscodecs
 
-EXTRADLLFLAGS = -mno-cygwin
+EXTRADLLFLAGS = -mno-cygwin -Wb,--prefer-native
 EXTRAINCL = $(JXRLIB_CFLAGS)
 
 C_SRCS = \
diff --git a/dlls/wmphoto/main.c b/dlls/wmphoto/main.c
index 7659dcb2ca8..5c92965b575 100644
--- a/dlls/wmphoto/main.c
+++ b/dlls/wmphoto/main.c
@@ -135,8 +135,6 @@ BOOL WINAPI DllMain(HINSTANCE instance, DWORD reason, LPVOID reserved)
         windowscodecs_module = instance;
         DisableThreadLibraryCalls(instance);
         break;
-    case DLL_WINE_PREATTACH:
-        return FALSE; /* prefer native version */
     }
 
     return TRUE;