diff --git a/win32/build/confutils.js b/win32/build/confutils.js
index 479ce06ad5015..c3b5ef9b29e40 100644
--- a/win32/build/confutils.js
+++ b/win32/build/confutils.js
@@ -3426,7 +3426,7 @@ function toolset_setup_common_ldlags()
 function toolset_setup_common_libs()
 {
 	// urlmon.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib uuid.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib comdlg32.lib
-	DEFINE("LIBS", "kernel32.lib ole32.lib user32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib ws2_32.lib Dnsapi.lib psapi.lib bcrypt.lib");
+	DEFINE("LIBS", "kernel32.lib ole32.lib user32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib ws2_32.lib Dnsapi.lib psapi.lib bcrypt.lib Pathcch.lib");
 }
 
 function toolset_setup_build_mode()
diff --git a/win32/dllmain.c b/win32/dllmain.c
index 38d143acfedb2..6df644efa9195 100644
--- a/win32/dllmain.c
+++ b/win32/dllmain.c
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 #include <config.w32.h>
 
 #include <php.h>
-#include <win32/ioutil.h>
 
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBXML
 #include <libxml/threads.h>
@@ -34,16 +33,11 @@ BOOL WINAPI DllMain(HINSTANCE inst, DWORD reason, LPVOID dummy)
 {
 	BOOL ret = TRUE;
 
+#if 0 /* prepared */
 	switch (reason)
 	{
 		case DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH:
-			ret = ret && php_win32_ioutil_init();
-			if (!ret) {
-				fprintf(stderr, "ioutil initialization failed");
-				return ret;
-			}
 			break;
-#if 0 /* prepared */
 		case DLL_PROCESS_DETACH:
 			/* pass */
 			break;
@@ -55,8 +49,8 @@ BOOL WINAPI DllMain(HINSTANCE inst, DWORD reason, LPVOID dummy)
 		case DLL_THREAD_DETACH:
 			/* pass */
 			break;
-#endif
 	}
+#endif
 
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBXML
 	/* This imply that only LIBXML_STATIC_FOR_DLL is supported ATM.
diff --git a/win32/ioutil.c b/win32/ioutil.c
index a6f2fe2ae2fc1..acd4103c613b1 100644
--- a/win32/ioutil.c
+++ b/win32/ioutil.c
@@ -67,10 +67,6 @@
 #include <winnls.h>
 */
 
-typedef HRESULT (__stdcall *MyPathCchCanonicalizeEx)(wchar_t *pszPathOut, size_t cchPathOut, const wchar_t *pszPathIn, unsigned long dwFlags);
-
-static MyPathCchCanonicalizeEx canonicalize_path_w = NULL;
-
 PW32IO BOOL php_win32_ioutil_posix_to_open_opts(int flags, mode_t mode, php_ioutil_open_opts *opts)
 {/*{{{*/
 	int current_umask;
@@ -619,7 +615,7 @@ PW32IO php_win32_ioutil_normalization_result php_win32_ioutil_normalize_path_w(w
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (S_OK != canonicalize_path_w(canonicalw, MAXPATHLEN, _tmp, PATHCCH_ALLOW_LONG_PATHS)) {
+	if (S_OK != PathCchCanonicalizeEx(canonicalw, MAXPATHLEN, _tmp, PATHCCH_ALLOW_LONG_PATHS)) {
 		/* Length unchanged. */
 		*new_len = len;
 		return PHP_WIN32_IOUTIL_NORM_PARTIAL;
@@ -643,27 +639,6 @@ PW32IO php_win32_ioutil_normalization_result php_win32_ioutil_normalize_path_w(w
 	return PHP_WIN32_IOUTIL_NORM_OK;
 }/*}}}*/
 
-static HRESULT __stdcall MyPathCchCanonicalizeExFallback(wchar_t *pszPathOut, size_t cchPathOut, const wchar_t *pszPathIn, unsigned long dwFlags)
-{/*{{{*/
-	return -42;
-}/*}}}*/
-
-BOOL php_win32_ioutil_init(void)
-{/*{{{*/
-	HMODULE hMod = GetModuleHandle("api-ms-win-core-path-l1-1-0");
-
-	if (hMod) {
-		canonicalize_path_w = (MyPathCchCanonicalizeEx)GetProcAddress(hMod, "PathCchCanonicalizeEx");
-		if (!canonicalize_path_w) {
-			canonicalize_path_w = (MyPathCchCanonicalizeEx)MyPathCchCanonicalizeExFallback;
-		}
-	} else {
-		canonicalize_path_w = (MyPathCchCanonicalizeEx)MyPathCchCanonicalizeExFallback;
-	}
-
-	return TRUE;
-}/*}}}*/
-
 PW32IO int php_win32_ioutil_access_w(const wchar_t *path, mode_t mode)
 {/*{{{*/
 	DWORD attr;
diff --git a/win32/ioutil.h b/win32/ioutil.h
index f6105a87f2468..6a7055fc71a77 100644
--- a/win32/ioutil.h
+++ b/win32/ioutil.h
@@ -169,11 +169,6 @@ typedef enum {
 } while (0);
 
 PW32IO php_win32_ioutil_normalization_result php_win32_ioutil_normalize_path_w(wchar_t **buf, size_t len, size_t *new_len);
-#ifdef PHP_EXPORTS
-/* This symbols are needed only for the DllMain, but should not be exported
-	or be available when used with PHP binaries. */
-BOOL php_win32_ioutil_init(void);
-#endif
 
 /* Keep these functions aliased for case some additional handling
    is needed later. */