diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_floppy.cc b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_floppy.cc
index 1bb3aca6b..ecf679b49 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_floppy.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_floppy.cc
@@ -302,7 +302,6 @@ fhandler_dev_floppy::write_file (const void *buf, DWORD to_write,
      See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942448 for details.
      What we do here is to lock the affected partition(s) and retry. */
   if (*err == ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED
-      && wincap.has_restricted_raw_disk_access ()
       && get_major () != DEV_FLOPPY_MAJOR
       && get_major () != DEV_CDROM_MAJOR
       && (get_flags () & O_ACCMODE) != O_RDONLY
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/wincap.cc b/winsup/cygwin/wincap.cc
index 832d4e5af..5c62ea1fc 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/wincap.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/wincap.cc
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ wincaps wincap_xpsp2 __attribute__((section (".cygwin_dll_common"), shared)) = {
   needs_count_in_si_lpres2:false,
   has_gaa_largeaddress_bug:false,
   has_broken_alloc_console:false,
-  has_restricted_raw_disk_access:false,
   use_dont_resolve_hack:true,
   has_console_logon_sid:false,
   wow64_has_secondary_stack:false,
@@ -48,7 +47,6 @@ wincaps wincap_2003 __attribute__((section (".cygwin_dll_common"), shared)) = {
   needs_count_in_si_lpres2:false,
   has_gaa_largeaddress_bug:false,
   has_broken_alloc_console:false,
-  has_restricted_raw_disk_access:false,
   use_dont_resolve_hack:true,
   has_console_logon_sid:false,
   wow64_has_secondary_stack:true,
@@ -72,7 +70,6 @@ wincaps wincap_vista __attribute__((section (".cygwin_dll_common"), shared)) = {
   needs_count_in_si_lpres2:true,
   has_gaa_largeaddress_bug:true,
   has_broken_alloc_console:false,
-  has_restricted_raw_disk_access:true,
   use_dont_resolve_hack:false,
   has_console_logon_sid:false,
   wow64_has_secondary_stack:false,
@@ -96,7 +93,6 @@ wincaps wincap_7 __attribute__((section (".cygwin_dll_common"), shared)) = {
   needs_count_in_si_lpres2:false,
   has_gaa_largeaddress_bug:true,
   has_broken_alloc_console:true,
-  has_restricted_raw_disk_access:true,
   use_dont_resolve_hack:false,
   has_console_logon_sid:true,
   wow64_has_secondary_stack:false,
@@ -120,7 +116,6 @@ wincaps wincap_8 __attribute__((section (".cygwin_dll_common"), shared)) = {
   needs_count_in_si_lpres2:false,
   has_gaa_largeaddress_bug:false,
   has_broken_alloc_console:true,
-  has_restricted_raw_disk_access:true,
   use_dont_resolve_hack:false,
   has_console_logon_sid:true,
   wow64_has_secondary_stack:false,
@@ -144,7 +139,6 @@ wincaps wincap_10 __attribute__((section (".cygwin_dll_common"), shared)) = {
   needs_count_in_si_lpres2:false,
   has_gaa_largeaddress_bug:false,
   has_broken_alloc_console:true,
-  has_restricted_raw_disk_access:true,
   use_dont_resolve_hack:false,
   has_console_logon_sid:true,
   wow64_has_secondary_stack:false,
@@ -168,7 +162,6 @@ wincaps wincap_10_1511 __attribute__((section (".cygwin_dll_common"), shared)) =
   needs_count_in_si_lpres2:false,
   has_gaa_largeaddress_bug:false,
   has_broken_alloc_console:true,
-  has_restricted_raw_disk_access:true,
   use_dont_resolve_hack:false,
   has_console_logon_sid:true,
   wow64_has_secondary_stack:false,
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/wincap.h b/winsup/cygwin/wincap.h
index 9c05ac6a3..e8983c4ce 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/wincap.h
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/wincap.h
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ struct wincaps
   unsigned needs_count_in_si_lpres2			: 1;
   unsigned has_gaa_largeaddress_bug			: 1;
   unsigned has_broken_alloc_console			: 1;
-  unsigned has_restricted_raw_disk_access		: 1;
   unsigned use_dont_resolve_hack			: 1;
   unsigned has_console_logon_sid			: 1;
   unsigned wow64_has_secondary_stack			: 1;
@@ -66,7 +65,6 @@ public:
   bool	IMPLEMENT (needs_count_in_si_lpres2)
   bool	IMPLEMENT (has_gaa_largeaddress_bug)
   bool	IMPLEMENT (has_broken_alloc_console)
-  bool	IMPLEMENT (has_restricted_raw_disk_access)
   bool	IMPLEMENT (use_dont_resolve_hack)
   bool	IMPLEMENT (has_console_logon_sid)
   bool	IMPLEMENT (wow64_has_secondary_stack)