diff --git a/dlls/openal32/Makefile.in b/dlls/openal32/Makefile.in
index 1b794a3fc60..c787d96f886 100644
--- a/dlls/openal32/Makefile.in
+++ b/dlls/openal32/Makefile.in
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 MODULE    = openal32.dll
 EXTRALIBS = $(OPENAL_LIBS)
 
+EXTRADLLFLAGS = -Wb,--prefer-native
+
 C_SRCS = \
 	openal.c
diff --git a/dlls/openal32/openal.c b/dlls/openal32/openal.c
index cd49b926a83..5a4e1e71e36 100644
--- a/dlls/openal32/openal.c
+++ b/dlls/openal32/openal.c
@@ -99,8 +99,6 @@ BOOL WINAPI DllMain( HINSTANCE hinst, DWORD reason, LPVOID reserved )
 {
     switch(reason)
     {
-    case DLL_WINE_PREATTACH:
-        return FALSE;    /* prefer native version */
     case DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH:
         DisableThreadLibraryCalls(hinst);
 #define LOADFUNC(x) x = alcGetProcAddress(NULL, #x)