diff --git a/tests/libtest/lib3026.c b/tests/libtest/lib3026.c
index 93bc512261..a94b1a271d 100644
--- a/tests/libtest/lib3026.c
+++ b/tests/libtest/lib3026.c
@@ -67,14 +67,6 @@ CURLcode test(char *URL)
     return TEST_ERR_MAJOR_BAD;
   }
 
-  /* On Windows libcurl global init/cleanup calls LoadLibrary/FreeLibrary for
-     secur32.dll and iphlpapi.dll. Here we load them beforehand so that when
-     libcurl calls LoadLibrary/FreeLibrary it only increases/decreases the
-     library's refcount rather than actually loading/unloading the library,
-     which would affect the test runtime. */
-  (void)win32_load_system_library(TEXT("secur32.dll"));
-  (void)win32_load_system_library(TEXT("iphlpapi.dll"));
-
   for(i = 0; i < tid_count; i++) {
     curl_win_thread_handle_t th;
     results[i] = CURL_LAST; /* initialize with invalid value */
diff --git a/tests/libtest/testutil.c b/tests/libtest/testutil.c
index f1745a2b85..27cb9373af 100644
--- a/tests/libtest/testutil.c
+++ b/tests/libtest/testutil.c
@@ -129,46 +129,3 @@ double tutil_tvdiff_secs(struct timeval newer, struct timeval older)
       (double)(newer.tv_usec-older.tv_usec)/1000000.0;
   return (double)(newer.tv_usec-older.tv_usec)/1000000.0;
 }
-
-#ifdef _WIN32
-HMODULE win32_load_system_library(const TCHAR *filename)
-{
-#if defined(CURL_WINDOWS_UWP) || defined(UNDER_CE)
-  (void)filename;
-  return NULL;
-#else
-  size_t filenamelen = _tcslen(filename);
-  size_t systemdirlen = GetSystemDirectory(NULL, 0);
-  size_t written;
-  TCHAR *path;
-  HMODULE module;
-
-  if(!filenamelen || filenamelen > 32768 ||
-     !systemdirlen || systemdirlen > 32768)
-    return NULL;
-
-  /* systemdirlen includes null character */
-  path = malloc(sizeof(TCHAR) * (systemdirlen + 1 + filenamelen));
-  if(!path)
-    return NULL;
-
-  /* if written >= systemdirlen then nothing was written */
-  written = GetSystemDirectory(path, (unsigned int)systemdirlen);
-  if(!written || written >= systemdirlen) {
-    free(path);
-    return NULL;
-  }
-
-  if(path[written - 1] != _T('\\'))
-    path[written++] = _T('\\');
-
-  _tcscpy(path + written, filename);
-
-  module = LoadLibrary(path);
-
-  free(path);
-
-  return module;
-#endif
-}
-#endif
diff --git a/tests/libtest/testutil.h b/tests/libtest/testutil.h
index 9f063795ab..8696689d9d 100644
--- a/tests/libtest/testutil.h
+++ b/tests/libtest/testutil.h
@@ -42,8 +42,4 @@ long tutil_tvdiff(struct timeval t1, struct timeval t2);
  */
 double tutil_tvdiff_secs(struct timeval t1, struct timeval t2);
 
-#ifdef _WIN32
-HMODULE win32_load_system_library(const TCHAR *filename);
-#endif
-
 #endif  /* HEADER_CURL_LIBTEST_TESTUTIL_H */