diff --git a/win32/dllmain.c b/win32/dllmain.c
index a507f1e169246..ab625bf3e597b 100644
--- a/win32/dllmain.c
+++ b/win32/dllmain.c
@@ -38,20 +38,6 @@ BOOL WINAPI DllMain(HINSTANCE inst, DWORD reason, LPVOID dummy)
 	switch (reason)
 	{
 		case DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH:
-			/*
-			 * We do not need to check the return value of php_win32_init_gettimeofday()
-			 * because the symbol bare minimum symbol we need is always available on our
-			 * lowest supported platform.
-			 *
-			 * On Windows 8 or greater, we use a more precise symbol to obtain the system
-			 * time, which is dynamically. The fallback allows us to proper support
-			 * Vista/7/Server 2003 R2/Server 2008/Server 2008 R2.
-			 *
-			 * Instead simply initialize the global in win32/time.c for gettimeofday()
-			 * use later on
-			 */
-			php_win32_init_gettimeofday();
-
 			ret = ret && php_win32_ioutil_init();
 			if (!ret) {
 				fprintf(stderr, "ioutil initialization failed");
diff --git a/win32/time.c b/win32/time.c
index d1fe51458ec57..57db914e6a8f6 100644
--- a/win32/time.c
+++ b/win32/time.c
@@ -23,42 +23,13 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include "php_win32_globals.h"
 
-typedef VOID (WINAPI *MyGetSystemTimeAsFileTime)(LPFILETIME lpSystemTimeAsFileTime);
-
-static MyGetSystemTimeAsFileTime timefunc = NULL;
-
-#ifdef PHP_EXPORTS
-static zend_always_inline MyGetSystemTimeAsFileTime get_time_func(void)
-{/*{{{*/
-	MyGetSystemTimeAsFileTime timefunc = NULL;
-	HMODULE hMod = GetModuleHandle("kernel32.dll");
-
-	if (hMod) {
-		/* Max possible resolution <1us, win8/server2012 */
-		timefunc = (MyGetSystemTimeAsFileTime)GetProcAddress(hMod, "GetSystemTimePreciseAsFileTime");
-	}
-
-	if(!timefunc) {
-		/* 100ns blocks since 01-Jan-1641 */
-		timefunc = (MyGetSystemTimeAsFileTime) GetSystemTimeAsFileTime;
-	}
-
-	return timefunc;
-}/*}}}*/
-
-void php_win32_init_gettimeofday(void)
-{/*{{{*/
-	timefunc = get_time_func();
-}/*}}}*/
-#endif
-
 static zend_always_inline int getfilesystemtime(struct timeval *tv)
 {/*{{{*/
 	FILETIME ft;
 	unsigned __int64 ff = 0;
 	ULARGE_INTEGER fft;
 
-	timefunc(&ft);
+	GetSystemTimePreciseAsFileTime(&ft);
 
         /*
 	 * Do not cast a pointer to a FILETIME structure to either a