diff --git a/src/sdl/i_main.c b/src/sdl/i_main.c
index ab7631bc..25fccb9f 100644
--- a/src/sdl/i_main.c
+++ b/src/sdl/i_main.c
@@ -214,12 +214,14 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 #if defined (_WIN32) && !defined (_XBOX)
 #ifndef _WIN32_WCE
 	{
+#if 0 // just load the DLL
 		p_IsDebuggerPresent pfnIsDebuggerPresent = (p_IsDebuggerPresent)GetProcAddress(GetModuleHandleA("kernel32.dll"), "IsDebuggerPresent");
 		if ((!pfnIsDebuggerPresent || !pfnIsDebuggerPresent())
 #ifdef BUGTRAP
 			&& !InitBugTrap()
 #endif
 			)
+#endif
 		{
 			LoadLibraryA("exchndl.dll");
 		}
diff --git a/src/win32/win_main.c b/src/win32/win_main.c
index 9c9a20e7..663eddbd 100644
--- a/src/win32/win_main.c
+++ b/src/win32/win_main.c
@@ -644,13 +644,16 @@ int WINAPI WinMain (HINSTANCE hInstance,
 {
 	int Result = -1;
 
+#if 0
 	// Win95 and NT <4 don't have this, so link at runtime.
 	p_IsDebuggerPresent pfnIsDebuggerPresent = (p_IsDebuggerPresent)GetProcAddress(GetModuleHandleA("kernel32.dll"),"IsDebuggerPresent");
+#endif
 
 	UNREFERENCED_PARAMETER(hPrevInstance);
 	UNREFERENCED_PARAMETER(lpCmdLine);
 	UNREFERENCED_PARAMETER(nCmdShow);
 
+#if 0
 #ifdef BUGTRAP
 	// Try BugTrap first.
 	if((!pfnIsDebuggerPresent || !pfnIsDebuggerPresent()) && InitBugTrap())
@@ -660,6 +663,7 @@ int WINAPI WinMain (HINSTANCE hInstance,
 #endif
 		// Try Dr MinGW's exception handler.
 		if (!pfnIsDebuggerPresent || !pfnIsDebuggerPresent())
+#endif
 			LoadLibraryA("exchndl.dll");
 
 		prevExceptionFilter = SetUnhandledExceptionFilter(RecordExceptionInfo);