diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0dc4200561..ff2a5ed787 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ ifneq (,$(findstring MINGW,$(uname_S)))
 	NO_MKDTEMP = YesPlease
 	NO_SVN_TESTS=YesPlease
 	NO_PERL_MAKEMAKER=YesPlease
-	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -DNO_ST_BLOCKS -DSTRIP_EXTENSION=\".exe\" -D__USE_MINGW_ACCESS -DNOGDI -I compat
+	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -DSTRIP_EXTENSION=\".exe\" -D__USE_MINGW_ACCESS -DNOGDI -I compat
 	COMPAT_OBJS += compat/mingw.o compat/fnmatch.o compat/regex.o
 	EXTLIBS += -lws2_32
 	X = .exe
diff --git a/builtin-count-objects.c b/builtin-count-objects.c
index 762c024279..f00306fb67 100644
--- a/builtin-count-objects.c
+++ b/builtin-count-objects.c
@@ -43,11 +43,7 @@ static void count_objects(DIR *d, char *path, int len, int verbose,
 			if (lstat(path, &st) || !S_ISREG(st.st_mode))
 				bad = 1;
 			else
-#ifndef NO_ST_BLOCKS
 				(*loose_size) += xsize_t(st.st_blocks);
-#else
-				(*loose_size) += xsize_t((st.st_size+511)/512);
-#endif
 		}
 		if (bad) {
 			if (verbose) {