diff --git a/src/lib/synwinhk/synwinhk.cpp b/src/lib/synwinhk/synwinhk.cpp
index 178420e2..089f6777 100644
--- a/src/lib/synwinhk/synwinhk.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/synwinhk/synwinhk.cpp
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@
 #else
 #define assert(_X_) __noop()
 #endif
-// VS2005 is a bit more smart than VC6 and optimize simple copy loop to
-// intrinsic memcpy.
-#pragma function(memcpy)
 
 //
 // debugging compile flag.  when not zero the server doesn't grab
@@ -627,79 +624,12 @@ DllMain(HINSTANCE instance, DWORD reason, LPVOID)
 
 extern "C" {
 
-// VS2005 hack to not link with the CRT
-#if _MSC_VER >= 1400
 BOOL WINAPI _DllMainCRTStartup(
         HINSTANCE instance, DWORD reason, LPVOID lpreserved)
 {
   return DllMain(instance, reason, lpreserved);
 }
 
-// VS2005 is a bit more bright than VC6 and optimize simple copy loop to
-// intrinsic memcpy.
-void *  __cdecl memcpy(void * _Dst, const void * _Src, size_t _MaxCount)
-{
-  void * _DstBackup = _Dst;
-  switch (_MaxCount & 3) {
-  case 3:
-    ((char*)_Dst)[0] = ((char*)_Src)[0];
-    ++(char*&)_Dst;
-    ++(char*&)_Src;
-    --_MaxCount;
-  case 2:
-    ((char*)_Dst)[0] = ((char*)_Src)[0];
-    ++(char*&)_Dst;
-    ++(char*&)_Src;
-    --_MaxCount;
-  case 1:
-    ((char*)_Dst)[0] = ((char*)_Src)[0];
-    ++(char*&)_Dst;
-    ++(char*&)_Src;
-    --_MaxCount;
-    break;
-  case 0:
-    break;
-
-  default:
-    __assume(0);
-    break;
-  }
-
-  // I think it's faster on intel to deference than modify the pointer.
-  const size_t max = _MaxCount / sizeof(UINT_PTR);
-  for (size_t i = 0; i < max; ++i) {
-    ((UINT_PTR*)_Dst)[i] = ((UINT_PTR*)_Src)[i];
-  }
-
-  (UINT_PTR*&)_Dst += max;
-  (UINT_PTR*&)_Src += max;
-
-  switch (_MaxCount & 3) {
-  case 3:
-    ((char*)_Dst)[0] = ((char*)_Src)[0];
-    ++(char*&)_Dst;
-    ++(char*&)_Src;
-  case 2:
-    ((char*)_Dst)[0] = ((char*)_Src)[0];
-    ++(char*&)_Dst;
-    ++(char*&)_Src;
-  case 1:
-    ((char*)_Dst)[0] = ((char*)_Src)[0];
-    ++(char*&)_Dst;
-    ++(char*&)_Src;
-    break;
-  case 0:
-    break;
-
-  default:
-    __assume(0);
-    break;
-  }
-
-  return _DstBackup;
-}
-#endif
-
 int
 init(DWORD threadID, BOOL isPrimary)
 {