diff --git a/dlls/wuapi/Makefile.in b/dlls/wuapi/Makefile.in
index fbabf937189..049bf5e5fe0 100644
--- a/dlls/wuapi/Makefile.in
+++ b/dlls/wuapi/Makefile.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 MODULE    = wuapi.dll
 IMPORTS   = uuid ole32 advapi32
 
-EXTRADLLFLAGS = -mno-cygwin
+EXTRADLLFLAGS = -mno-cygwin -Wb,--prefer-native
 
 C_SRCS = \
 	downloader.c \
diff --git a/dlls/wuapi/main.c b/dlls/wuapi/main.c
index 63392b3660c..79530079afc 100644
--- a/dlls/wuapi/main.c
+++ b/dlls/wuapi/main.c
@@ -119,8 +119,6 @@ BOOL WINAPI DllMain( HINSTANCE hinst, DWORD reason, LPVOID lpv )
 {
     switch(reason)
     {
-    case DLL_WINE_PREATTACH:
-        return FALSE;  /* prefer native version */
     case DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH:
         instance = hinst;
         DisableThreadLibraryCalls( hinst );