diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/spawn.cc b/winsup/cygwin/spawn.cc
index a3071884e..4524423b3 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/spawn.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/spawn.cc
@@ -194,24 +194,6 @@ handle (int fd, bool writing)
   return h;
 }
 
-static bool
-is_console_app (WCHAR *filename)
-{
-  HANDLE h;
-  const int id_offset = 92;
-  h = CreateFileW (filename, GENERIC_READ, FILE_SHARE_READ,
-		  NULL, OPEN_EXISTING, 0, NULL);
-  char buf[1024];
-  DWORD n;
-  ReadFile (h, buf, sizeof (buf), &n, 0);
-  CloseHandle (h);
-  char *p = (char *) memmem (buf, n, "PE\0\0", 4);
-  if (p && p + id_offset <= buf + n)
-    return p[id_offset] == '\003'; /* 02: GUI, 03: console */
-  else
-    return false;
-}
-
 int
 iscmd (const char *argv0, const char *what)
 {
@@ -632,7 +614,7 @@ child_info_spawn::worker (const char *prog_arg, const char *const *argv,
       STARTUPINFOEXW si_pcon;
       ZeroMemory (&si_pcon, sizeof (si_pcon));
       STARTUPINFOW *si_tmp = &si;
-      if (!iscygwin () && ptys_primary && is_console_app (runpath))
+      if (!iscygwin () && ptys_primary)
 	if (ptys_primary->setup_pseudoconsole (&si_pcon))
 	  {
 	    c_flags |= EXTENDED_STARTUPINFO_PRESENT;