diff --git a/write_or_die.c b/write_or_die.c
index 40b046acb0..f3b8566ab8 100644
--- a/write_or_die.c
+++ b/write_or_die.c
@@ -34,16 +34,12 @@ void maybe_flush_or_die(FILE *f, const char *desc)
 			return;
 	}
 	if (fflush(f)) {
-#ifndef __MINGW32__
-		if (errno == EPIPE)
-#else
 		/*
 		 * On Windows, EPIPE is returned only by the first write()
 		 * after the reading end has closed its handle; subsequent
 		 * write()s return EINVAL.
 		 */
 		if (errno == EPIPE || errno == EINVAL)
-#endif
 			exit(0);
 		die("write failure on %s: %s", desc, strerror(errno));
 	}