diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/dcrt0.cc b/winsup/cygwin/dcrt0.cc
index 4286dd364..9fd9fa8ba 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/dcrt0.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/dcrt0.cc
@@ -725,9 +725,6 @@ dll_crt0_1 (char *)
 
   check_sanity_and_sync (user_data);
   malloc_init ();
-  int i = 0;
-  while (i)
-    cmalloc (HEAP_STR, 2000000);
 
   /* Initialize SIGSEGV handling, etc. */
   init_exceptions (&cygwin_except_entry);