diff --git a/dlls/mshtml/nsembed.c b/dlls/mshtml/nsembed.c
index 85a3a0dbb9e..0464e0597b0 100644
--- a/dlls/mshtml/nsembed.c
+++ b/dlls/mshtml/nsembed.c
@@ -879,8 +879,8 @@ void close_gecko(void)
     if(nsmem)
         nsIMemory_Release(nsmem);
 
-    if(hXPCOM)
-        FreeLibrary(hXPCOM);
+    /* Gecko doesn't really support being unloaded */
+    /* if (hXPCOM) FreeLibrary(hXPCOM); */
 }
 
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