diff --git a/dlls/devenum/createdevenum.c b/dlls/devenum/createdevenum.c
index 7cfdbfff14d..7c03852884f 100644
--- a/dlls/devenum/createdevenum.c
+++ b/dlls/devenum/createdevenum.c
@@ -547,12 +547,6 @@ static void register_vfw_codecs(void)
     RegCloseKey(basekey);
 }
 
-static HANDLE DEVENUM_populate_handle;
-static const WCHAR DEVENUM_populate_handle_nameW[] =
-    {'_','_','W','I','N','E','_',
-     'D','e','v','e','n','u','m','_',
-     'P','o','p','u','l','a','t','e',0};
-
 static HRESULT register_codecs(void)
 {
     HRESULT res;
@@ -566,21 +560,6 @@ static HRESULT register_codecs(void)
     REGFILTERPINS2 rfp2;
     HKEY basekey;
 
-    if (DEVENUM_populate_handle)
-        return S_OK;
-    DEVENUM_populate_handle = CreateEventW(NULL, TRUE, FALSE, DEVENUM_populate_handle_nameW);
-    if (GetLastError() == ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS)
-    {
-        /* Webcams can take some time to scan if the driver is badly written and it enables them,
-         * so have a 10 s timeout here
-         */
-        if (WaitForSingleObject(DEVENUM_populate_handle, 10000) == WAIT_TIMEOUT)
-            WARN("Waiting for object timed out\n");
-        TRACE("No need to rescan\n");
-        return S_OK;
-    }
-    TRACE("Scanning for devices\n");
-
     /* Since devices can change between session, for example because you just plugged in a webcam
      * or switched from pulseaudio to alsa, delete all old devices first
      */
@@ -878,6 +857,5 @@ static HRESULT register_codecs(void)
 
     register_vfw_codecs();
 
-    SetEvent(DEVENUM_populate_handle);
     return res;
 }
diff --git a/dlls/devenum/tests/devenum.c b/dlls/devenum/tests/devenum.c
index 7e3270f38a8..a08decec710 100644
--- a/dlls/devenum/tests/devenum.c
+++ b/dlls/devenum/tests/devenum.c
@@ -445,11 +445,9 @@ static void test_codec(void)
 
     /* unlike DirectShow filters, these are automatically generated, so
      * enumerating them will destroy the key */
-todo_wine
     ok(!find_moniker(&CLSID_AudioRendererCategory, mon), "codec should not be registered\n");
 
     hr = IPropertyBag_Read(prop_bag, friendly_name, &var, NULL);
-todo_wine
     ok(hr == HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND), "got %#x\n", hr);
 
     IPropertyBag_Release(prop_bag);