diff --git a/windows.c b/windows.c
index 0353adef3..29ef6122e 100644
--- a/windows.c
+++ b/windows.c
@@ -75,9 +75,7 @@ const void *subsurface_get_conf(char *name, pref_type_t type)
 
 void subsurface_flush_conf(void)
 {
-	/* I wonder if we should even do this - it's apparently very expensive */
-	if (RegFlushKey(hkey) != ERROR_SUCCESS)
-		printf("RegFlushKey failed \n");
+	/* this is a no-op */
 }
 
 void subsurface_close_conf(void)