diff --git a/browser/app/Makefile.in b/browser/app/Makefile.in
index db8a00d87a82..dd3a89ffa6e1 100644
--- a/browser/app/Makefile.in
+++ b/browser/app/Makefile.in
@@ -185,8 +185,7 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(OS_ARCH),WINNT)
 OS_LIBS += $(call EXPAND_LIBNAME,comctl32 comdlg32 uuid shell32 ole32 oleaut32 version winspool)
-OS_LIBS += $(call EXPAND_LIBNAME,usp10 msimg32 delayimp)
-LDFLAGS += -delayload:xul.dll -delayload:xpcom.dll -delayload:plc4.dll -delayload:nspr4.dll -delayload:mozalloc.dll
+OS_LIBS += $(call EXPAND_LIBNAME,usp10 msimg32)
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(OS_ARCH),WINNT)
diff --git a/browser/app/nsBrowserApp.cpp b/browser/app/nsBrowserApp.cpp
index e0f034055fec..f8cbf7933824 100644
--- a/browser/app/nsBrowserApp.cpp
+++ b/browser/app/nsBrowserApp.cpp
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@
 #ifdef XP_WIN
 // we want to use the DLL blocklist if possible
 #define XRE_WANT_DLL_BLOCKLIST
-#define XRE_PRELOAD_XUL
 // we want a wmain entry point
 #include "nsWindowsWMain.cpp"
 #endif
diff --git a/toolkit/xre/nsWindowsWMain.cpp b/toolkit/xre/nsWindowsWMain.cpp
index b978972a9ca5..a1c0179a7977 100644
--- a/toolkit/xre/nsWindowsWMain.cpp
+++ b/toolkit/xre/nsWindowsWMain.cpp
@@ -73,76 +73,8 @@ FreeAllocStrings(int argc, char **argv)
   delete [] argv;
 }
 
-#ifdef XRE_PRELOAD_XUL
-static void preload(LPCWSTR dll)
-{
-  HANDLE fd = CreateFileW(dll, GENERIC_READ, FILE_SHARE_READ,
-                          NULL, OPEN_EXISTING, FILE_FLAG_SEQUENTIAL_SCAN, NULL);
-  char buf[64 * 1024];
-
-  if (fd == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
-    return;
-  
-  DWORD dwBytesRead;
-  // Do dummy reads to trigger kernel-side readhead via FILE_FLAG_SEQUENTIAL_SCAN.
-  // Abort when underfilling because during testing the buffers are read fully
-  // A buffer that's not keeping up would imply that readahead isn't working right
-  while (ReadFile(fd, buf, sizeof(buf), &dwBytesRead, NULL) && dwBytesRead == sizeof(buf))
-    /* Nothing */;
-  
-  CloseHandle(fd);
-}
-
-/** Populate the windows page cache */
-static void preload_libs(LPCWSTR appPath) 
-{
-  wchar_t buf[MAX_PATH];
-  size_t pathlen = wcslen(appPath);
-
-  // rewind until the last \
-  for(;pathlen && appPath[pathlen] != L'\\'; pathlen--);
- 
-  // if there is a directory name present, keep the last \
-  if (pathlen)
-    pathlen++;
-
-  if (pathlen + 10 > MAX_PATH) {
-    return;
-  }
-
-  wcsncpy(buf, appPath, pathlen);
-  size_t remaining = sizeof(buf)/sizeof(buf[0]) - pathlen - 1;
-  // For now only preload only the most expensive libs.
-  // The rest cost a few magnitudes less.
-  LPCWSTR files[] = {L"xul.dll", 
-#ifndef MOZ_STATIC_JS
-                     L"mozjs.dll",
-#endif
-                     0};
-  for(int i = 0; files[i]; i++) {
-    wcsncpy(buf + pathlen, files[i], remaining);
-    preload(buf);
-  }
-  return;
-}
-#endif
-
 int wmain(int argc, WCHAR **argv)
 {
-#ifdef XRE_PRELOAD_XUL 
-  // GetProcessIoCounters().ReadOperationCount seems to have little to
-  // do with actual read operations. It reports 0 or 1 at this stage
-  // in the program. Luckily 1 coincides with when prefetch is
-  // enabled. If Windows prefetch didn't happen we can do our own
-  // faster dll preloading.
-  IO_COUNTERS ioCounters;
-  if (GetProcessIoCounters(GetCurrentProcess(), &ioCounters)
-      && !ioCounters.ReadOperationCount)
-    {
-      preload_libs(argv[0]);
-    }
-#endif
-
 #ifndef XRE_DONT_PROTECT_DLL_LOAD
   mozilla::NS_SetDllDirectory(L"");
 #endif