diff --git a/files/directory.c b/files/directory.c
index 597bee56286ef57faa42cd3a92f281ea5fc826fa..e1fe0e7877d736e4b59796c6356000dd36efc00d 100644
--- a/files/directory.c
+++ b/files/directory.c
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ int DIR_Init(void)
         DRIVE_SetCurrentDrive( drive );
         DRIVE_Chdir( drive, cwd );
     }
-    chdir("/"); /* every other directory operations are done by WINE */ 
 
     if (!(DIR_GetPath( "windows", "c:\\windows", &DIR_Windows )) ||
 	!(DIR_GetPath( "system", "c:\\windows\\system", &DIR_System )) ||