diff --git a/python/IECoreDelight/__init__.py b/python/IECoreDelight/__init__.py
index 987be32722e..9f9ff52a17b 100644
--- a/python/IECoreDelight/__init__.py
+++ b/python/IECoreDelight/__init__.py
@@ -42,18 +42,3 @@
 del os, pathlib # Don't pollute the namespace
 
 from ._IECoreDelight import *
-
-# The IECoreDelight module does not need any symbols from IECoreDelight, so MSVC tries
-# to be helpful and not load IECoreDelight.dll. Skipping that means that
-# 3Delight is never registered as a renderer, so we import / register it manually.
-
-import os
-
-if os.name == "nt" :
-
-	import ctypes
-
-	try :
-		ctypes.CDLL( "IECoreDelight.dll" )
-	except :
-		raise ImportError