diff --git a/config/CONFIG.Host.WIN32 b/config/CONFIG.Host.WIN32
index 56d2ba9aa..d7058e2ad 100644
--- a/config/CONFIG.Host.WIN32
+++ b/config/CONFIG.Host.WIN32
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@
 #  This file is maintained by the EPICS community.
 #  Sites may override these definitions in CONFIG_SITE.WIN32
  
-# 	Use std path variables from ms
-HOME = $(HOMEDRIVE)$(HOMEPATH)
-
 #
 # You currently get Visual C++ even if you ask for GNU.
 #
@@ -246,7 +243,7 @@ USR_DEPLIBS = $(foreach lib,$(USR_LIBS),$(firstword $($(lib)_DIR) $(EPICS_BASE_L
 # by default the libraries used when linking the DLL are just
 # PROD_LIBS ans SYS_PROD_LIBS minus the DLL name
 DLL_LIBS = $(patsubst $(LIBRARY),, $(PROD_LIBS))
-
+ 
 #
 #	EPICS libs that we need to link the DLL with
 #	(it isnt necessary to rebuild the dll if these change)