1 files changed, 2 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/win32/mingw.c b/win32/mingw.c
index 2cf4a45a2..86dc75861 100644
--- a/win32/mingw.c
+++ b/win32/mingw.c
@@ -1099,12 +1099,10 @@ static char *gethomedir(void)
 static char *getsysdir(void)
 {
         static char *buf = NULL;
-        char dir[PATH_MAX];
 
         if (!buf) {
                 buf = xzalloc(PATH_MAX);
-                GetSystemDirectory(dir, PATH_MAX);
-                realpath(dir, buf);
+                GetSystemDirectory(buf, PATH_MAX);
         }
         return buf;
 }
@@ -2353,10 +2351,7 @@ void *get_proc_addr(const char *dll, const char *function,
                  * on Windows 7.  If it does, retry using LoadLibrary with an
                  * explicit, backslash-separated path. */
                 if (!hnd) {
-                        char dir[PATH_MAX], *path;
-
-                        GetSystemDirectory(dir, PATH_MAX);
-                        path = concat_path_file(dir, dll);
+                        char *path = concat_path_file(getsysdir(), dll);
                         slash_to_bs(path);
                         hnd = LoadLibrary(path);
                         free(path);