diff --git a/agkyra/syncer/localfs_client.py b/agkyra/syncer/localfs_client.py
index 037b85d399c014841b1dd08170d1d0c5d5a845dd..af4ff6617d25327b10ecc6f881c34dd4b1893fea 100644
--- a/agkyra/syncer/localfs_client.py
+++ b/agkyra/syncer/localfs_client.py
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import time
 import filecmp
 import shutil
 import errno
-import ctypes
 
 from watchdog.observers import Observer
 from watchdog.events import FileSystemEventHandler
@@ -156,19 +155,6 @@ def local_path_changes(settings, path, state, unhandled_equal=True):
     return live_info
 
 
-def get_actual_windows_path(path):
-    SIZE = 1024
-    buf = ctypes.create_unicode_buffer(SIZE)
-    rv = ctypes.windll.kernel32.GetShortPathNameW(path, buf, SIZE)
-    if rv == 0 or rv > SIZE:
-        raise ValueError('Error in computing short %s' % rv)
-    short = buf.value
-    rv = ctypes.windll.kernel32.GetLongPathNameW(short, buf, SIZE)
-    if rv == 0 or rv > SIZE:
-        raise ValueError('Error in computing long %s' % rv)
-    return buf.value
-
-
 def is_actual_path(path):
     prefix = path.rstrip(os.path.sep)
     while True: