diff --git a/src/llama.cpp b/src/llama.cpp
index e6f303d31..bc88c8487 100644
--- a/src/llama.cpp
+++ b/src/llama.cpp
@@ -1801,7 +1801,6 @@ struct llama_mmap {
         }
 
         if (prefetch > 0) {
-#if _WIN32_WINNT >= 0x602
             // PrefetchVirtualMemory is only present on Windows 8 and above, so we dynamically load it
             BOOL (WINAPI *pPrefetchVirtualMemory) (HANDLE, ULONG_PTR, PWIN32_MEMORY_RANGE_ENTRY, ULONG);
             HMODULE hKernel32 = GetModuleHandleW(L"kernel32.dll");
@@ -1819,9 +1818,6 @@ struct llama_mmap {
                             llama_format_win_err(GetLastError()).c_str());
                 }
             }
-#else
-            throw std::runtime_error("PrefetchVirtualMemory unavailable");
-#endif
         }
     }