diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index 8ad32f4bdb0..8848ce320dc 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -877,9 +877,6 @@ bool AppInitBasicSetup()
     _set_abort_behavior(0, _WRITE_ABORT_MSG | _CALL_REPORTFAULT);
 #endif
 #ifdef WIN32
-    // Enable Data Execution Prevention (DEP)
-    SetProcessDEPPolicy(PROCESS_DEP_ENABLE);
-
     // Enable heap terminate-on-corruption
     HeapSetInformation(nullptr, HeapEnableTerminationOnCorruption, nullptr, 0);
 #endif