diff --git a/compiler-rt/lib/asan/asan_preinit.cc b/compiler-rt/lib/asan/asan_preinit.cc
index 0dd0a0955e97..e8d7a4441a35 100644
--- a/compiler-rt/lib/asan/asan_preinit.cc
+++ b/compiler-rt/lib/asan/asan_preinit.cc
@@ -18,10 +18,4 @@
   // exported.
   __attribute__((section(".preinit_array"), used))
   void (*__local_asan_preinit)(void) = __asan_init;
-#elif SANITIZER_WINDOWS && defined(_DLL)
-  // On Windows, when using dynamic CRT (/MD), we can put a pointer
-  // to __asan_init into the global list of C initializers.
-  // See crt0dat.c in the CRT sources for the details.
-  #pragma section(".CRT$XIB", long, read)  // NOLINT
-  __declspec(allocate(".CRT$XIB")) void (*__asan_preinit)() = __asan_init;
 #endif