diff --git a/dlls/msvcp90/msvcp_main.c b/dlls/msvcp90/msvcp_main.c
index 816a95c29ef..e33fc6434f8 100644
--- a/dlls/msvcp90/msvcp_main.c
+++ b/dlls/msvcp90/msvcp_main.c
@@ -225,8 +225,3 @@ __int64 * __cdecl std_Fpz_func(void)
 {
     return &std_Fpz;
 }
-
-#if defined(__MINGW32__) && _MSVCP_VER >= 80 && _MSVCP_VER <= 90
-/* Hack: prevent Mingw from importing mingw_helpers.o which conflicts with encode/decode_pointer */
-int mingw_app_type = 0;
-#endif