diff --git a/Include/cpython/coreconfig.h b/Include/cpython/coreconfig.h
@@ -353,9 +353,6 @@ typedef struct {
    wchar_t *base_prefix;   /* sys.base_prefix */
    wchar_t *exec_prefix;   /* sys.exec_prefix */
    wchar_t *base_exec_prefix;  /* sys.base_exec_prefix */
-#ifdef MS_WINDOWS
-    wchar_t *dll_path;      /* Windows DLL path */
-#endif

    /* --- Parameter only used by Py_Main() ---------- */


diff --git a/Include/internal/pycore_pathconfig.h b/Include/internal/pycore_pathconfig.h
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ PyAPI_FUNC(int) _Py_FindEnvConfigValue(
    wchar_t *value,
    size_t value_size);

#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif

diff --git a/PC/getpathp.c b/PC/getpathp.c
@@ -508,8 +508,8 @@ getpythonregpath(HKEY keyBase, int skipcore)
#endif /* Py_ENABLE_SHARED */


-static _PyInitError
-get_dll_path(PyCalculatePath *calculate, _PyPathConfig *config)
{
    wchar_t dll_path[MAXPATHLEN+1];
    memset(dll_path, 0, sizeof(dll_path));
@@ -525,11 +525,7 @@ get_dll_path(PyCalculatePath *calculate, _PyPathConfig *config)
    dll_path[0] = 0;
#endif

-    config->dll_path = _PyMem_RawWcsdup(dll_path);
-    if (config->dll_path == NULL) {
-        return _Py_INIT_NO_MEMORY();
-    }
-    return _Py_INIT_OK();
}


@@ -956,9 +952,11 @@ calculate_path_impl(const _PyCoreConfig *core_config,
{
    _PyInitError err;

-    err = get_dll_path(calculate, config);
-    if (_Py_INIT_FAILED(err)) {
-        return err;
    }

    err = get_program_full_path(core_config, calculate, config);

diff --git a/Python/pathconfig.c b/Python/pathconfig.c
@@ -214,7 +214,8 @@ _PyCoreConfig_SetPathConfig(const _PyCoreConfig *core_config)
        goto no_memory;
    }
#ifdef MS_WINDOWS
-    if (copy_wstr(&path_config.dll_path, core_config->dll_path) < 0) {
        goto no_memory;
    }
#endif
@@ -322,14 +323,6 @@ _PyCoreConfig_CalculatePathConfig(_PyCoreConfig *config)
        }
    }

-#ifdef MS_WINDOWS
-    if (config->dll_path == NULL) {
-        if (copy_wstr(&config->dll_path, path_config.dll_path) < 0) {
-            goto no_memory;
-        }
-    }
-#endif
-
    if (path_config.isolated != -1) {
        config->isolated = path_config.isolated;
    }
@@ -356,9 +349,6 @@ _PyCoreConfig_InitPathConfig(_PyCoreConfig *config)
    if (!config->use_module_search_paths
        || (config->executable == NULL)
        || (config->prefix == NULL)
-#ifdef MS_WINDOWS
-        || (config->dll_path == NULL)
-#endif
        || (config->exec_prefix == NULL))
    {
        _PyInitError err = _PyCoreConfig_CalculatePathConfig(config);
@@ -435,7 +425,7 @@ Py_SetPath(const wchar_t *path)
    new_config.exec_prefix = _PyMem_RawWcsdup(L"");
    alloc_error |= (new_config.exec_prefix == NULL);
#ifdef MS_WINDOWS
-    new_config.dll_path = _PyMem_RawWcsdup(L"");
    alloc_error |= (new_config.dll_path == NULL);
#endif
    new_config.module_search_path = _PyMem_RawWcsdup(path);
-Original file line number
+Diff line change
@@ Expand Up / @@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ PyAPI_FUNC(int) _Py_FindEnvConfigValue( @@
         wchar_t *value,
         size_t value_size);
     #ifdef __cplusplus
     }
     #endif
@@ Expand Down @@