diff --git a/storage/innobase/include/buf0buf.h b/storage/innobase/include/buf0buf.h
index 2dd6935241e..eb84aff8354 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/include/buf0buf.h
+++ b/storage/innobase/include/buf0buf.h
@@ -662,8 +662,6 @@ public:
     MEM_NOACCESS(frame, srv_page_size);
 #ifdef MADV_FREE
     madvise(frame, srv_page_size, MADV_FREE);
-#elif defined(_WIN32)
-    DiscardVirtualMemory(frame, srv_page_size);
 #endif
   }