diff --git a/libc/nt/master.sh b/libc/nt/master.sh
index 237cd12e..86e34c44 100755
--- a/libc/nt/master.sh
+++ b/libc/nt/master.sh
@@ -6187,7 +6187,7 @@ imp	'SetDIBitsToDevice'					SetDIBitsToDevice					gdi32		1883
 imp	'SetDebugErrorLevel'					SetDebugErrorLevel					user32		2324
 imp	'SetDefaultCommConfigA'					SetDefaultCommConfigA					kernel32	1297
 imp	'SetDefaultCommConfig'					SetDefaultCommConfigW					kernel32	1298
-imp	'SetDefaultDllDirectories'				SetDefaultDllDirectories				kernel32	0	1	# KernelBase
+imp	'SetDefaultDllDirectories'				SetDefaultDllDirectories				kernel32	0	1	# KernelBase, Windows 8+, KB2533623 on Windows 7
 imp	'SetDeskWallpaper'					SetDeskWallpaper					user32		2325
 imp	'SetDesktopColorTransform'				SetDesktopColorTransform				user32		2326
 imp	'SetDeviceGammaRamp'					SetDeviceGammaRamp					gdi32		1884
diff --git a/libc/runtime/winmain.greg.c b/libc/runtime/winmain.greg.c
index 8437f964..4554bd16 100644
--- a/libc/runtime/winmain.greg.c
+++ b/libc/runtime/winmain.greg.c
@@ -184,7 +184,6 @@ static textwindows wontreturn void WinMainNew(void) {
  */
 textwindows int64_t WinMain(int64_t hInstance, int64_t hPrevInstance,
                             const char *lpCmdLine, int nCmdShow) {
-  SetDefaultDllDirectories(kNtLoadLibrarySearchSearchSystem32);
   if (weaken(winsockinit)) weaken(winsockinit)();
   if (weaken(WinMainForked)) weaken(WinMainForked)();
   WinMainNew();