diff --git a/dlls/shdocvw/tests/webbrowser.c b/dlls/shdocvw/tests/webbrowser.c
index 745ac15628..41b7c7d2ee 100644
--- a/dlls/shdocvw/tests/webbrowser.c
+++ b/dlls/shdocvw/tests/webbrowser.c
@@ -2368,40 +2368,8 @@ static void test_WebBrowser(BOOL do_download)
     ok(ref == 0, "ref=%d, expected 0\n", ref);
 }
 
-static void gecko_installer_workaround(BOOL disable)
-{
-    HKEY hkey;
-    DWORD res;
-
-    static BOOL has_url = FALSE;
-    static char url[2048];
-
-    if(!disable && !has_url)
-        return;
-
-    res = RegOpenKey(HKEY_CURRENT_USER, "Software\\Wine\\MSHTML", &hkey);
-    if(res != ERROR_SUCCESS)
-        return;
-
-    if(disable) {
-        DWORD type, size = sizeof(url);
-
-        res = RegQueryValueEx(hkey, "GeckoUrl", NULL, &type, (PVOID)url, &size);
-        if(res == ERROR_SUCCESS && type == REG_SZ)
-            has_url = TRUE;
-
-        RegDeleteValue(hkey, "GeckoUrl");
-    }else {
-        RegSetValueEx(hkey, "GeckoUrl", 0, REG_SZ, (PVOID)url, lstrlenA(url)+1);
-    }
-
-    RegCloseKey(hkey);
-}
-
 START_TEST(webbrowser)
 {
-    gecko_installer_workaround(TRUE);
-
     container_hwnd = create_container_window();
 
     OleInitialize(NULL);
@@ -2412,6 +2380,4 @@ START_TEST(webbrowser)
     test_WebBrowser(TRUE);
 
     OleUninitialize();
-
-    gecko_installer_workaround(FALSE);
 }