diff --git a/dlls/wpc/Makefile.in b/dlls/wpc/Makefile.in
index 5d8ea2e1115..df0e596d322 100644
--- a/dlls/wpc/Makefile.in
+++ b/dlls/wpc/Makefile.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 MODULE = wpc.dll
 
-EXTRADLLFLAGS = -mno-cygwin
+EXTRADLLFLAGS = -mno-cygwin -Wb,--prefer-native
 
 C_SRCS = \
 	wpc.c
diff --git a/dlls/wpc/wpc.c b/dlls/wpc/wpc.c
index ef2d6dd7d1c..3dcca050bcd 100644
--- a/dlls/wpc/wpc.c
+++ b/dlls/wpc/wpc.c
@@ -166,8 +166,6 @@ BOOL WINAPI DllMain(HINSTANCE hInstDLL, DWORD fdwReason, LPVOID lpv)
     TRACE("(%p %d %p)\n", hInstDLL, fdwReason, lpv);
 
     switch(fdwReason) {
-    case DLL_WINE_PREATTACH:
-        return FALSE;  /* prefer native version */
     case DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH:
         DisableThreadLibraryCalls(hInstDLL);
         wpc_instance = hInstDLL;