diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 7ced23e05..d43228b6a 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -422,11 +422,6 @@ static CURLcode main_init(void)
   /* stop stat() wasting time */
   _djstat_flags |= _STAT_INODE | _STAT_EXEC_MAGIC | _STAT_DIRSIZE;
 #endif
-
-#ifdef WIN32
-  LoadLibrary ("exchndl.dll");
-#endif
-
   return curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_DEFAULT);
 }