diff --git a/src/allmydata/windows/fixups.py b/src/allmydata/windows/fixups.py
index c71b85681..237f96ca5 100644
--- a/src/allmydata/windows/fixups.py
+++ b/src/allmydata/windows/fixups.py
@@ -185,8 +185,6 @@ def initialize():
     # as in the case of a frozen executable created by bb-freeze or similar.
 
     sys.argv = argv[-len(sys.argv):]
-    if sys.argv[0].endswith('.pyscript'):
-        sys.argv[0] = sys.argv[0][:-9]
 
 
 def a_console(handle):