diff --git a/win32.c b/win32.c
index 0324e2bb07..b95650cca9 100644
--- a/win32.c
+++ b/win32.c
@@ -1141,16 +1141,8 @@ int APIENTRY WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
 	_set_error_mode(_OUT_TO_MSGBOX); // force assertion output to messagebox
 
 	// setup random seed to something quite random
-#if defined(_MSC_VER)
-	{
-		ULARGE_INTEGER seed; seed.QuadPart = _rdtsc();
-		_random_seeds[0][0] = seed.LowPart;
-		_random_seeds[0][1] = seed.HighPart;
-	}
-#else
 	_random_seeds[0][0] = GetTickCount();
 	_random_seeds[0][1] = _random_seeds[0][0] * 0x1234567;
-#endif
 	SeedMT(_random_seeds[0][0]);
 
 	argc = ParseCommandLine(GetCommandLine(), argv, lengthof(argv));