diff --git a/src/Makefile.d/detect.mk b/src/Makefile.d/detect.mk
index 3edf0dad4b6b86eec70dfa0d6e9c4be1ca7bf8e0..9c8a0a227d8a74b6e780234068885a8ab8c3a85c 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.d/detect.mk
+++ b/src/Makefile.d/detect.mk
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@ $(call Print,$(_m))
 
 # go for a 32-bit sdl mingw exe by default
 MINGW:=1
-# cmd.exe uses native Windows semicolon delimited PATH
-ifneq (,$(findstring ;,$(PATH)))
-WINDOWSHELL:=1
-endif
 
 else # if you on the *nix