diff --git a/dll/win32/shell32/shell32_main.cpp b/dll/win32/shell32/shell32_main.cpp
index 9694555836f..005c8b792d0 100644
--- a/dll/win32/shell32/shell32_main.cpp
+++ b/dll/win32/shell32/shell32_main.cpp
@@ -330,9 +330,6 @@ DWORD_PTR WINAPI SHGetFileInfoW(LPCWSTR path,DWORD dwFileAttributes,
           (flags & SHGFI_PIDL)? "pidl" : debugstr_w(path), dwFileAttributes,
           psfi, psfi->dwAttributes, sizeofpsfi, flags);
 
-    if ( (flags & SHGFI_USEFILEATTRIBUTES) &&
-         (flags & (SHGFI_ATTRIBUTES|SHGFI_EXETYPE|SHGFI_PIDL)))
-        return FALSE;
     if (!path)
          return FALSE;