diff --git a/dlls/comctl32/pager.c b/dlls/comctl32/pager.c
index f8519e00c42..a87d34c560f 100644
--- a/dlls/comctl32/pager.c
+++ b/dlls/comctl32/pager.c
@@ -836,16 +836,6 @@ PAGER_Create (HWND hwnd, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
 
     if (dwStyle & PGS_DRAGNDROP)
         FIXME("[%p] Drag and Drop style is not implemented yet.\n", hwnd);
-    /*
-	 * If neither horizontal nor vertical style specified, default to vertical.
-	 * This is probably not necessary, since the style may be set later on as
-	 * the control is initialized, but just in case it isn't, set it here.
-	 */
-    if (!(dwStyle & PGS_HORZ) && !(dwStyle & PGS_VERT))
-    {
-        dwStyle |= PGS_VERT;
-        SetWindowLongA(hwnd, GWL_STYLE, dwStyle);
-    }
 
     return 0;
 }