diff --git a/io_win32.c b/io_win32.c
index 84a249883..15da9fa58 100644
--- a/io_win32.c
+++ b/io_win32.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
+#include <Shlobj.h>
 
 FILE* ethash_fopen(char const* file_name, char const* mode)
 {
@@ -90,9 +91,6 @@ bool ethash_get_default_dirname(char* strbuf, size_t buffsize)
 	if (!SUCCEEDED(SHGetFolderPathW(NULL, CSIDL_PROFILE, NULL, 0, (WCHAR*)strbuf))) {
 		return false;
 	}
-	if (!ethash_strncat(strbuf, buffsize, home_dir, len)) {
-		return false;
-	}
 	if (!ethash_strncat(strbuf, buffsize, "\\", 1)) {
 		return false;
 	}