diff --git a/dlls/windowscodecs/main.c b/dlls/windowscodecs/main.c
index 7ec5d410e71..ff543d5000f 100644
--- a/dlls/windowscodecs/main.c
+++ b/dlls/windowscodecs/main.c
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ BOOL WINAPI DllMain(HINSTANCE hinstDLL, DWORD fdwReason, LPVOID lpvReserved)
 
     switch (fdwReason)
     {
-        case DLL_WINE_PREATTACH:
-            return FALSE;    /* prefer native version */
         case DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH:
             DisableThreadLibraryCalls(hinstDLL);
             break;