diff --git a/gdk/win32/gdkevents-win32.c b/gdk/win32/gdkevents-win32.c
index 6d29d6612..c853e1eb4 100644
--- a/gdk/win32/gdkevents-win32.c
+++ b/gdk/win32/gdkevents-win32.c
@@ -3326,27 +3326,8 @@ gdk_event_translate (MSG  *msg,
 	}
       else
 	{
-	  HMONITOR winmon;
-	  MONITORINFO moninfo;
-
-	  winmon = MonitorFromWindow (GDK_WINDOW_HWND (window), MONITOR_DEFAULTTONEAREST);
-
-	  moninfo.cbSize = sizeof (moninfo);
-
-	  if (GetMonitorInfoA (winmon, &moninfo))
-	    {
-	      mmi->ptMaxTrackSize.x = moninfo.rcWork.right - moninfo.rcWork.left;
-	      mmi->ptMaxTrackSize.y = moninfo.rcWork.bottom - moninfo.rcWork.top;
-	    }
-	  else
-	    {
-	      /* Apparently, this is just a very big number (bigger than any widget
-               * could realistically be) to make sure the window is as big as
-               * possible when maximized.
-               */
-	      mmi->ptMaxTrackSize.x = 30000;
-	      mmi->ptMaxTrackSize.y = 30000;
-	    }
+	  mmi->ptMaxTrackSize.x = 30000;
+	  mmi->ptMaxTrackSize.y = 30000;
 	}
 
       if (impl->hint_flags & (GDK_HINT_MIN_SIZE | GDK_HINT_MAX_SIZE))