diff --git a/dlls/url/Makefile.in b/dlls/url/Makefile.in
index 8f5c8dabc8d..8a9d18ebaad 100644
--- a/dlls/url/Makefile.in
+++ b/dlls/url/Makefile.in
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ MODULE    = url.dll
 IMPORTLIB = url
 IMPORTS   = shell32 shlwapi
 
-EXTRADLLFLAGS = -mno-cygwin
+EXTRADLLFLAGS = -mno-cygwin -Wb,--prefer-native
 
 C_SRCS = url_main.c
diff --git a/dlls/url/url_main.c b/dlls/url/url_main.c
index 8ad413b6ea9..697ce0e05df 100644
--- a/dlls/url/url_main.c
+++ b/dlls/url/url_main.c
@@ -31,22 +31,6 @@
 
 WINE_DEFAULT_DEBUG_CHANNEL(url);
 
-/***********************************************************************
- *		DllMain  (URL.@)
- */
-BOOL WINAPI DllMain( HINSTANCE inst, DWORD reason, LPVOID reserved )
-{
-    switch(reason)
-    {
-    case DLL_WINE_PREATTACH:
-        return FALSE;  /* prefer native version */
-    case DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH:
-        DisableThreadLibraryCalls( inst );
-        break;
-    }
-    return TRUE;
-}
-
 /***********************************************************************
  * AddMIMEFileTypesPS (URL.@)
  *