diff --git a/dlls/msident/Makefile.in b/dlls/msident/Makefile.in
index 433d454ecc3..87c6d4ab3e7 100644
--- a/dlls/msident/Makefile.in
+++ b/dlls/msident/Makefile.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 MODULE    = msident.dll
 
-EXTRADLLFLAGS = -mno-cygwin
+EXTRADLLFLAGS = -mno-cygwin -Wb,--prefer-native
 
 C_SRCS = \
 	msident.c
diff --git a/dlls/msident/msident.c b/dlls/msident/msident.c
index 8b9842f9603..b075dcfcc16 100644
--- a/dlls/msident/msident.c
+++ b/dlls/msident/msident.c
@@ -283,8 +283,6 @@ BOOL WINAPI DllMain(HINSTANCE hInstDLL, DWORD fdwReason, LPVOID lpv)
 
     switch(fdwReason)
     {
-    case DLL_WINE_PREATTACH:
-        return FALSE;  /* prefer native version */
     case DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH:
         msident_instance = hInstDLL;
         DisableThreadLibraryCalls(hInstDLL);