diff --git a/reactos/lib/sdk/crt/stdio/file.c b/reactos/lib/sdk/crt/stdio/file.c
index ff425a484f7..b1c73d76287 100644
--- a/reactos/lib/sdk/crt/stdio/file.c
+++ b/reactos/lib/sdk/crt/stdio/file.c
@@ -1050,8 +1050,6 @@ void msvcrt_free_io(void)
 
     for(i=0; i<sizeof(fstream)/sizeof(fstream[0]); i++)
         free(fstream[i]);
-
-    DeleteCriticalSection(&file_cs);
 }
 
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