diff --git a/dlls/joy.cpl/Makefile.in b/dlls/joy.cpl/Makefile.in
index d1b0e45552e..db6883bb121 100644
--- a/dlls/joy.cpl/Makefile.in
+++ b/dlls/joy.cpl/Makefile.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 MODULE    = joy.cpl
 IMPORTS   = dxguid dinput dinput8 ole32 comctl32 user32 advapi32
 
-EXTRADLLFLAGS = -mno-cygwin
+EXTRADLLFLAGS = -mno-cygwin -Wb,--prefer-native
 
 C_SRCS = \
 	main.c
diff --git a/dlls/joy.cpl/main.c b/dlls/joy.cpl/main.c
index 66ac58f7038..3ea417843f4 100644
--- a/dlls/joy.cpl/main.c
+++ b/dlls/joy.cpl/main.c
@@ -47,9 +47,6 @@ BOOL WINAPI DllMain(HINSTANCE hdll, DWORD reason, LPVOID reserved)
 
     switch (reason)
     {
-        case DLL_WINE_PREATTACH:
-            return FALSE;  /* prefer native version */
-
         case DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH:
             DisableThreadLibraryCalls(hdll);
             hcpl = hdll;