diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler/disk_file.cc b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler/disk_file.cc
index 87c14dfa60..4df80dcc43 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler/disk_file.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler/disk_file.cc
@@ -328,7 +328,6 @@ fhandler_base::fstat_by_name (struct stat *buf)
       status = NtOpenFile (&dir, SYNCHRONIZE | FILE_LIST_DIRECTORY,
 			   &attr, &io, FILE_SHARE_VALID_FLAGS,
 			   FILE_SYNCHRONOUS_IO_NONALERT
-			   | FILE_OPEN_NO_RECALL
 			   | FILE_OPEN_FOR_BACKUP_INTENT
 			   | FILE_DIRECTORY_FILE);
       if (!NT_SUCCESS (status))
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/path.cc b/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
index e61d3700d0..46d1b8caa5 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
@@ -577,7 +577,6 @@ getfileattr (const char *path, bool caseinsensitive) /* path has to be always ab
       status = NtOpenFile (&dir, SYNCHRONIZE | FILE_LIST_DIRECTORY,
 			   &attr, &io, FILE_SHARE_VALID_FLAGS,
 			   FILE_SYNCHRONOUS_IO_NONALERT
-			   | FILE_OPEN_NO_RECALL
 			   | FILE_OPEN_FOR_BACKUP_INTENT
 			   | FILE_DIRECTORY_FILE);
       if (NT_SUCCESS (status))
@@ -3483,7 +3482,6 @@ symlink_info::check (char *path, const suffix_info *suffixes, fs_info &fs,
 	      status = NtOpenFile (&dir, SYNCHRONIZE | FILE_LIST_DIRECTORY,
 				   &dattr, &io, FILE_SHARE_VALID_FLAGS,
 				   FILE_SYNCHRONOUS_IO_NONALERT
-				   | FILE_OPEN_NO_RECALL
 				   | FILE_OPEN_FOR_BACKUP_INTENT
 				   | FILE_DIRECTORY_FILE);
 	      if (!NT_SUCCESS (status))