diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f68bc7062..6f4c2cd54 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2014-01-13  Richard Frith-Macdonald <rfm@gnu.org>
+
+	* Source/NSString.m: Revert last change to get -isAbsolutePath working
+	on mingw again ... need to analyse startup problem.
+
 2014-01-13  Marcus Mueller <znek@mulle-kybernetik.com>
 
 	* Source/NSString.m: absolute paths on __MINGW__ can also start
diff --git a/Source/NSString.m b/Source/NSString.m
index 6c576aaab..f53d9396e 100644
--- a/Source/NSString.m
+++ b/Source/NSString.m
@@ -5044,7 +5044,7 @@ static NSFileManager *fm = nil;
   if (c == pathSepChar())
     {
 #if defined(__MINGW__)
-      if ((GSPathHandlingUnix() == YES) || (GSPathHandlingRight() == YES))
+      if (GSPathHandlingUnix() == YES)
 	{
 	  return YES;
 	}