diff --git a/dlls/oleaut32/tests/vartest.c b/dlls/oleaut32/tests/vartest.c
index 0d42dd7e852..93f2225e983 100644
--- a/dlls/oleaut32/tests/vartest.c
+++ b/dlls/oleaut32/tests/vartest.c
@@ -2197,7 +2197,7 @@ static void test_VarParseNumFromStrMisc(void)
       /* But SMONDECIMALSEP has no default! */
       SetLocaleInfoW(LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT, LOCALE_SMONDECIMALSEP, L"");
       hres = wconvert_str(L"3.9", ARRAY_SIZE(rgb), NUMPRS_DECIMAL|NUMPRS_CURRENCY|NUMPRS_USE_ALL, &np, rgb, LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT, 0);
-      todo_wine EXPECTFAIL;
+      EXPECTFAIL;
       SetLocaleInfoW(LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT, LOCALE_SDECIMAL, L".");
       SetLocaleInfoW(LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT, LOCALE_SMONDECIMALSEP, L".");
 
@@ -2205,9 +2205,7 @@ static void test_VarParseNumFromStrMisc(void)
       SetLocaleInfoW(LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT, LOCALE_STHOUSAND, L" ");
 
       hres = wconvert_str(L"1 000", ARRAY_SIZE(rgb), NUMPRS_THOUSANDS, &np, rgb, LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT, 0);
-      if (broken(1)) /* FIXME Reenable once Wine is less broken */
       EXPECT(1,NUMPRS_THOUSANDS,NUMPRS_THOUSANDS,5,0,3);
-      todo_wine ok(np.dwOutFlags == NUMPRS_THOUSANDS, "Got dwOutFlags=%08x\n", np.dwOutFlags);
       EXPECTRGB(0,1); /* Don't test extra digits, see "1,000" test */
       EXPECTRGB(4,FAILDIG);
 
@@ -2224,9 +2222,7 @@ static void test_VarParseNumFromStrMisc(void)
       SetLocaleInfoW(LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT, LOCALE_SMONTHOUSANDSEP, L" ");
 
       hres = wconvert_str(L"1|000", ARRAY_SIZE(rgb), NUMPRS_THOUSANDS, &np, rgb, LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT, 0);
-      if (broken(1)) /* FIXME Reenable once Wine is less broken */
       EXPECT(1,NUMPRS_THOUSANDS,NUMPRS_THOUSANDS,5,0,3);
-      todo_wine ok(np.dwOutFlags == NUMPRS_THOUSANDS, "Got dwOutFlags=%08x\n", np.dwOutFlags);
       EXPECTRGB(0,1); /* Don't test extra digits, see "1,000" test */
       EXPECTRGB(4,FAILDIG);
 
@@ -2234,9 +2230,7 @@ static void test_VarParseNumFromStrMisc(void)
       EXPECTFAIL;
 
       hres = wconvert_str(L"1|000", ARRAY_SIZE(rgb), NUMPRS_THOUSANDS|NUMPRS_CURRENCY, &np, rgb, LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT, 0);
-      if (broken(1)) /* FIXME Reenable once Wine is less broken */
       EXPECT(1,NUMPRS_THOUSANDS|NUMPRS_CURRENCY,NUMPRS_THOUSANDS,5,0,3);
-      todo_wine ok(np.dwOutFlags == NUMPRS_THOUSANDS, "Got dwOutFlags=%08x\n", np.dwOutFlags);
       EXPECTRGB(0,1); /* Don't test extra digits, see "1,000" test */
       EXPECTRGB(4,FAILDIG);
 
@@ -2297,14 +2291,14 @@ static void test_VarParseNumFromStrMisc(void)
 
       SetLocaleInfoW(LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT, LOCALE_STHOUSAND, L"\xa0");
       hres = wconvert_str(L"1 000", ARRAY_SIZE(rgb), NUMPRS_THOUSANDS|NUMPRS_CURRENCY|NUMPRS_USE_ALL, &np, rgb, LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT, 0);
-      todo_wine EXPECT(1,NUMPRS_THOUSANDS|NUMPRS_CURRENCY|NUMPRS_USE_ALL,NUMPRS_THOUSANDS,5,0,3);
+      EXPECT(1,NUMPRS_THOUSANDS|NUMPRS_CURRENCY|NUMPRS_USE_ALL,NUMPRS_THOUSANDS,5,0,3);
       EXPECTRGB(0,1); /* Don't test extra digits, see "1,000" test */
       EXPECTRGB(4,FAILDIG);
 
 
       /* Regular thousands separators also have precedence over the currency ones */
       hres = wconvert_str(L"1\xa0\x30\x30\x30", ARRAY_SIZE(rgb), NUMPRS_THOUSANDS|NUMPRS_CURRENCY|NUMPRS_USE_ALL, &np, rgb, LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT, 0);
-      todo_wine EXPECT(1,NUMPRS_THOUSANDS|NUMPRS_CURRENCY|NUMPRS_USE_ALL,NUMPRS_THOUSANDS,5,0,3);
+      EXPECT(1,NUMPRS_THOUSANDS|NUMPRS_CURRENCY|NUMPRS_USE_ALL,NUMPRS_THOUSANDS,5,0,3);
       EXPECTRGB(0,1); /* Don't test extra digits, see "1,000" test */
       EXPECTRGB(4,FAILDIG);
 
diff --git a/dlls/oleaut32/variant.c b/dlls/oleaut32/variant.c
index 0f00384aeb2..80072a35140 100644
--- a/dlls/oleaut32/variant.c
+++ b/dlls/oleaut32/variant.c
@@ -42,14 +42,6 @@
 
 WINE_DEFAULT_DEBUG_CHANNEL(variant);
 
-static CRITICAL_SECTION cache_cs;
-static CRITICAL_SECTION_DEBUG critsect_debug =
-{
-    0, 0, &cache_cs,
-    { &critsect_debug.ProcessLocksList, &critsect_debug.ProcessLocksList },
-      0, 0, { (DWORD_PTR)(__FILE__ ": cache_cs") }
-};
-static CRITICAL_SECTION cache_cs = { &critsect_debug, -1, 0, 0, 0, 0 };
 
 /* Convert a variant from one type to another */
 static inline HRESULT VARIANT_Coerce(VARIANTARG* pd, LCID lcid, USHORT wFlags,
@@ -1518,24 +1510,9 @@ HRESULT WINAPI VarUdateFromDate(DATE dateIn, ULONG dwFlags, UDATE *lpUdate)
 static void VARIANT_GetLocalisedNumberChars(VARIANT_NUMBER_CHARS *lpChars, LCID lcid, DWORD dwFlags)
 {
   static const VARIANT_NUMBER_CHARS defaultChars = { '-','+','.',',','$',0,'.',',' };
-  static VARIANT_NUMBER_CHARS lastChars;
-  static LCID lastLcid = -1;
-  static DWORD lastFlags = 0;
   LCTYPE lctype = dwFlags & LOCALE_NOUSEROVERRIDE;
   WCHAR buff[4];
 
-  /* To make caching thread-safe, a critical section is needed */
-  EnterCriticalSection(&cache_cs);
-
-  /* Asking for default locale entries is very expensive: It is a registry
-     server call. So cache one locally, as Microsoft does it too */
-  if(lcid == lastLcid && dwFlags == lastFlags)
-  {
-    memcpy(lpChars, &lastChars, sizeof(defaultChars));
-    LeaveCriticalSection(&cache_cs);
-    return;
-  }
-
   memcpy(lpChars, &defaultChars, sizeof(defaultChars));
   GET_NUMBER_TEXT(LOCALE_SNEGATIVESIGN, cNegativeSymbol);
   GET_NUMBER_TEXT(LOCALE_SPOSITIVESIGN, cPositiveSymbol);
@@ -1555,11 +1532,6 @@ static void VARIANT_GetLocalisedNumberChars(VARIANT_NUMBER_CHARS *lpChars, LCID
   }
   TRACE("lcid 0x%x, cCurrencyLocal=%d,%d %s\n", lcid, lpChars->cCurrencyLocal,
         lpChars->cCurrencyLocal2, wine_dbgstr_w(buff));
-
-  memcpy(&lastChars, lpChars, sizeof(defaultChars));
-  lastLcid = lcid;
-  lastFlags = dwFlags;
-  LeaveCriticalSection(&cache_cs);
 }
 
 /* Number Parsing States */