diff --git a/Modules/posixmodule.c b/Modules/posixmodule.c
index 7aa8050aab8..9a44d469756 100644
--- a/Modules/posixmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/posixmodule.c
@@ -1437,31 +1437,6 @@ attributes_from_dir_w(LPCWSTR pszFile, BY_HANDLE_FILE_INFORMATION *info, ULONG *
     return TRUE;
 }
 
-/* Grab GetFinalPathNameByHandle dynamically from kernel32 */
-static int has_GetFinalPathNameByHandle = -1;
-static DWORD (CALLBACK *Py_GetFinalPathNameByHandleW)(HANDLE, LPWSTR, DWORD,
-                                                      DWORD);
-static int
-check_GetFinalPathNameByHandle()
-{
-    HINSTANCE hKernel32;
-    DWORD (CALLBACK *Py_GetFinalPathNameByHandleA)(HANDLE, LPSTR, DWORD,
-                                                   DWORD);
-
-    /* only recheck */
-    if (-1 == has_GetFinalPathNameByHandle)
-    {
-        hKernel32 = GetModuleHandleW(L"KERNEL32");
-        *(FARPROC*)&Py_GetFinalPathNameByHandleA = GetProcAddress(hKernel32,
-                                                "GetFinalPathNameByHandleA");
-        *(FARPROC*)&Py_GetFinalPathNameByHandleW = GetProcAddress(hKernel32,
-                                                "GetFinalPathNameByHandleW");
-        has_GetFinalPathNameByHandle = Py_GetFinalPathNameByHandleA &&
-                                       Py_GetFinalPathNameByHandleW;
-    }
-    return has_GetFinalPathNameByHandle;
-}
-
 static BOOL
 get_target_path(HANDLE hdl, wchar_t **target_path)
 {
@@ -1470,8 +1445,8 @@ get_target_path(HANDLE hdl, wchar_t **target_path)
 
     /* We have a good handle to the target, use it to determine
        the target path name (then we'll call lstat on it). */
-    buf_size = Py_GetFinalPathNameByHandleW(hdl, 0, 0,
-                                            VOLUME_NAME_DOS);
+    buf_size = GetFinalPathNameByHandleW(hdl, 0, 0,
+                                         VOLUME_NAME_DOS);
     if(!buf_size)
         return FALSE;
 
@@ -1481,7 +1456,7 @@ get_target_path(HANDLE hdl, wchar_t **target_path)
         return FALSE;
     }
 
-    result_length = Py_GetFinalPathNameByHandleW(hdl,
+    result_length = GetFinalPathNameByHandleW(hdl,
                        buf, buf_size, VOLUME_NAME_DOS);
 
     if(!result_length) {
@@ -1514,12 +1489,6 @@ win32_xstat_impl(const char *path, struct _Py_stat_struct *result,
     wchar_t *target_path;
     const char *dot;
 
-    if(!check_GetFinalPathNameByHandle()) {
-        /* If the OS doesn't have GetFinalPathNameByHandle, don't
-           traverse reparse point. */
-        traverse = FALSE;
-    }
-
     hFile = CreateFileA(
         path,
         FILE_READ_ATTRIBUTES, /* desired access */
@@ -1610,12 +1579,6 @@ win32_xstat_impl_w(const wchar_t *path, struct _Py_stat_struct *result,
     wchar_t *target_path;
     const wchar_t *dot;
 
-    if(!check_GetFinalPathNameByHandle()) {
-        /* If the OS doesn't have GetFinalPathNameByHandle, don't
-           traverse reparse point. */
-        traverse = FALSE;
-    }
-
     hFile = CreateFileW(
         path,
         FILE_READ_ATTRIBUTES, /* desired access */
@@ -4700,13 +4663,6 @@ os__getfinalpathname_impl(PyModuleDef *module, PyObject *path)
     if (path_wchar == NULL)
         return NULL;
 
-    if(!check_GetFinalPathNameByHandle()) {
-        /* If the OS doesn't have GetFinalPathNameByHandle, return a
-           NotImplementedError. */
-        return PyErr_Format(PyExc_NotImplementedError,
-            "GetFinalPathNameByHandle not available on this platform");
-    }
-
     hFile = CreateFileW(
         path_wchar,
         0, /* desired access */
@@ -4722,7 +4678,7 @@ os__getfinalpathname_impl(PyModuleDef *module, PyObject *path)
 
     /* We have a good handle to the target, use it to determine the
        target path name. */
-    buf_size = Py_GetFinalPathNameByHandleW(hFile, 0, 0, VOLUME_NAME_NT);
+    buf_size = GetFinalPathNameByHandleW(hFile, 0, 0, VOLUME_NAME_NT);
 
     if(!buf_size)
         return win32_error_object("GetFinalPathNameByHandle", path);
@@ -4731,8 +4687,8 @@ os__getfinalpathname_impl(PyModuleDef *module, PyObject *path)
     if(!target_path)
         return PyErr_NoMemory();
 
-    result_length = Py_GetFinalPathNameByHandleW(hFile, target_path,
-                                                 buf_size, VOLUME_NAME_DOS);
+    result_length = GetFinalPathNameByHandleW(hFile, target_path,
+                                              buf_size, VOLUME_NAME_DOS);
     if(!result_length)
         return win32_error_object("GetFinalPathNamyByHandle", path);