diff --git a/dlls/msvcr90/msvcr90.c b/dlls/msvcr90/msvcr90.c
index 79475e83e7a..de6d86eaa9d 100644
--- a/dlls/msvcr90/msvcr90.c
+++ b/dlls/msvcr90/msvcr90.c
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@ BOOL WINAPI DllMain(HINSTANCE hdll, DWORD reason, LPVOID reserved)
 {
     switch (reason)
     {
-    case DLL_WINE_PREATTACH:
-        return FALSE;  /* prefer native version */
-
     case DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH:
         DisableThreadLibraryCalls(hdll);
         _set_printf_count_output(0);