diff --git a/src/internal/syscall/windows/syscall_windows.go b/src/internal/syscall/windows/syscall_windows.go
index 68778e7764cccd..ab4ad2ec641084 100644
--- a/src/internal/syscall/windows/syscall_windows.go
+++ b/src/internal/syscall/windows/syscall_windows.go
@@ -365,10 +365,6 @@ const (
 
 //sys	GetFinalPathNameByHandle(file syscall.Handle, filePath *uint16, filePathSize uint32, flags uint32) (n uint32, err error) = kernel32.GetFinalPathNameByHandleW
 
-func LoadGetFinalPathNameByHandle() error {
-	return procGetFinalPathNameByHandleW.Find()
-}
-
 func ErrorLoadingGetTempPath2() error {
 	return procGetTempPath2W.Find()
 }
diff --git a/src/os/file_windows.go b/src/os/file_windows.go
index c77d182faefcbb..63d53a1df819ff 100644
--- a/src/os/file_windows.go
+++ b/src/os/file_windows.go
@@ -377,12 +377,6 @@ func normaliseLinkPath(path string) (string, error) {
 
 	// handle paths, like \??\Volume{abc}\...
 
-	err := windows.LoadGetFinalPathNameByHandle()
-	if err != nil {
-		// we must be using old version of Windows
-		return "", err
-	}
-
 	h, err := openSymlink(path)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err