diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc b/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc
index 23b9d8261..6a55e9bbc 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc
@@ -677,8 +677,7 @@ unlink_nt (path_conv &pc)
 
       /* If possible, hide the non-atomicity of the "remove R/O flag, remove
 	 link to file" operation behind a transaction. */
-      if (wincap.has_transactions ()
-	  && (pc.fs_flags () & FILE_SUPPORTS_TRANSACTIONS))
+      if ((pc.fs_flags () & FILE_SUPPORTS_TRANSACTIONS))
 	start_transaction (old_trans, trans);
 retry_open:
       status = NtOpenFile (&fh_ro, FILE_WRITE_ATTRIBUTES, &attr, &io,
@@ -2346,8 +2345,7 @@ rename (const char *oldpath, const char *newpath)
       /* Opening the file must be part of the transaction.  It's not sufficient
 	 to call only NtSetInformationFile under the transaction.  Therefore we
 	 have to start the transaction here, if necessary. */
-      if (wincap.has_transactions ()
-	  && (dstpc->fs_flags () & FILE_SUPPORTS_TRANSACTIONS)
+      if ((dstpc->fs_flags () & FILE_SUPPORTS_TRANSACTIONS)
 	  && (dstpc->isdir ()
 	      || (!removepc && dstpc->has_attribute (FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY))))
 	start_transaction (old_trans, trans);
@@ -2516,9 +2514,7 @@ rename (const char *oldpath, const char *newpath)
       if (status == STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED && dstpc->exists ()
 	  && !dstpc->isdir ())
 	{
-	  if (wincap.has_transactions ()
-	      && (dstpc->fs_flags () & FILE_SUPPORTS_TRANSACTIONS)
-	      && !trans)
+	  if ((dstpc->fs_flags () & FILE_SUPPORTS_TRANSACTIONS) && !trans)
 	    {
 	      start_transaction (old_trans, trans);
 	      /* As mentioned earlier, opening the file must be part of the
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/wincap.cc b/winsup/cygwin/wincap.cc
index caa478ba3..832d4e5af 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/wincap.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/wincap.cc
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ wincaps wincap_xpsp2 __attribute__((section (".cygwin_dll_common"), shared)) = {
   is_server:false,
   needs_count_in_si_lpres2:false,
   has_gaa_largeaddress_bug:false,
-  has_transactions:false,
   has_broken_alloc_console:false,
   has_restricted_raw_disk_access:false,
   use_dont_resolve_hack:true,
@@ -48,7 +47,6 @@ wincaps wincap_2003 __attribute__((section (".cygwin_dll_common"), shared)) = {
   is_server:false,
   needs_count_in_si_lpres2:false,
   has_gaa_largeaddress_bug:false,
-  has_transactions:false,
   has_broken_alloc_console:false,
   has_restricted_raw_disk_access:false,
   use_dont_resolve_hack:true,
@@ -73,7 +71,6 @@ wincaps wincap_vista __attribute__((section (".cygwin_dll_common"), shared)) = {
   is_server:false,
   needs_count_in_si_lpres2:true,
   has_gaa_largeaddress_bug:true,
-  has_transactions:true,
   has_broken_alloc_console:false,
   has_restricted_raw_disk_access:true,
   use_dont_resolve_hack:false,
@@ -98,7 +95,6 @@ wincaps wincap_7 __attribute__((section (".cygwin_dll_common"), shared)) = {
   is_server:false,
   needs_count_in_si_lpres2:false,
   has_gaa_largeaddress_bug:true,
-  has_transactions:true,
   has_broken_alloc_console:true,
   has_restricted_raw_disk_access:true,
   use_dont_resolve_hack:false,
@@ -123,7 +119,6 @@ wincaps wincap_8 __attribute__((section (".cygwin_dll_common"), shared)) = {
   is_server:false,
   needs_count_in_si_lpres2:false,
   has_gaa_largeaddress_bug:false,
-  has_transactions:true,
   has_broken_alloc_console:true,
   has_restricted_raw_disk_access:true,
   use_dont_resolve_hack:false,
@@ -148,7 +143,6 @@ wincaps wincap_10 __attribute__((section (".cygwin_dll_common"), shared)) = {
   is_server:false,
   needs_count_in_si_lpres2:false,
   has_gaa_largeaddress_bug:false,
-  has_transactions:true,
   has_broken_alloc_console:true,
   has_restricted_raw_disk_access:true,
   use_dont_resolve_hack:false,
@@ -173,7 +167,6 @@ wincaps wincap_10_1511 __attribute__((section (".cygwin_dll_common"), shared)) =
   is_server:false,
   needs_count_in_si_lpres2:false,
   has_gaa_largeaddress_bug:false,
-  has_transactions:true,
   has_broken_alloc_console:true,
   has_restricted_raw_disk_access:true,
   use_dont_resolve_hack:false,
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/wincap.h b/winsup/cygwin/wincap.h
index bc4abb7c3..9c05ac6a3 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/wincap.h
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/wincap.h
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ struct wincaps
   unsigned is_server                                    : 1;
   unsigned needs_count_in_si_lpres2			: 1;
   unsigned has_gaa_largeaddress_bug			: 1;
-  unsigned has_transactions				: 1;
   unsigned has_broken_alloc_console			: 1;
   unsigned has_restricted_raw_disk_access		: 1;
   unsigned use_dont_resolve_hack			: 1;
@@ -66,7 +65,6 @@ public:
   bool  IMPLEMENT (is_server)
   bool	IMPLEMENT (needs_count_in_si_lpres2)
   bool	IMPLEMENT (has_gaa_largeaddress_bug)
-  bool	IMPLEMENT (has_transactions)
   bool	IMPLEMENT (has_broken_alloc_console)
   bool	IMPLEMENT (has_restricted_raw_disk_access)
   bool	IMPLEMENT (use_dont_resolve_hack)