diff --git a/dlls/crtdll/crtdll_main.c b/dlls/crtdll/crtdll_main.c
index 048797e9256..0e425fd56b6 100644
--- a/dlls/crtdll/crtdll_main.c
+++ b/dlls/crtdll/crtdll_main.c
@@ -1115,21 +1115,7 @@ INT __cdecl CRTDLL_fclose( CRTDLL_FILE *file )
  */
 INT __cdecl CRTDLL__unlink(LPCSTR pathname)
 {
-    int ret=0;
-    DOS_FULL_NAME full_name;
-
-    if (!DOSFS_GetFullName( pathname, FALSE, &full_name )) {
-      WARN("CRTDLL_unlink file %s bad name\n",pathname);
-      return EOF;
-    }
-  
-    ret=unlink(full_name.long_name);
-    TRACE("(%s unix %s)\n",
-		   pathname,full_name.long_name);
-    if(ret)
-      WARN(" Failed!\n");
-
-    return ret;
+    return DeleteFileA( pathname ) ? 0 : -1;
 }
 
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