diff --git a/lib/std/os/windows.zig b/lib/std/os/windows.zig
index 37ec7f09a34e13b68f3819b7182b54d140e26d76..e6ce95713c799005a8302cf24110076ef6eab169 100644
--- a/lib/std/os/windows.zig
+++ b/lib/std/os/windows.zig
@@ -943,7 +943,6 @@ pub fn DeleteFile(sub_path_w: []const u16, options: DeleteFileOptions) DeleteFil
         var info = FILE_DISPOSITION_INFORMATION_EX{
             .Flags = FILE_DISPOSITION_DELETE |
                 FILE_DISPOSITION_POSIX_SEMANTICS |
-                FILE_DISPOSITION_ON_CLOSE |
                 FILE_DISPOSITION_IGNORE_READONLY_ATTRIBUTE,
         };