diff --git a/Include/internal/pycore_fileutils_windows.h b/Include/internal/pycore_fileutils_windows.h
index 4c42f16beb12a4f..b79aa9fb4653765 100644
--- a/Include/internal/pycore_fileutils_windows.h
+++ b/Include/internal/pycore_fileutils_windows.h
@@ -55,11 +55,7 @@ static inline BOOL _Py_GetFileInformationByName(
     static int GetFileInformationByName_init = -1;
 
     if (GetFileInformationByName_init < 0) {
-#ifdef MS_WINDOWS_DESKTOP
         HMODULE hMod = LoadLibraryW(L"api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-4");
-#else
-        HMODULE hMod = LoadPackagedLibrary(L"api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-4", 0);
-#endif
         GetFileInformationByName_init = 0;
         if (hMod) {
             GetFileInformationByName = (PGetFileInformationByName)GetProcAddress(