diff --git a/source/vibe/core/core.d b/source/vibe/core/core.d
index e23f61d..5307852 100644
--- a/source/vibe/core/core.d
+++ b/source/vibe/core/core.d
@@ -1507,20 +1507,6 @@ private void setupSignalHandlers()
 // per process setup
 shared static this()
 {
-	version(Windows){
-		version(VibeLibeventDriver) enum need_wsa = true;
-		else version(VibeWin32Driver) enum need_wsa = true;
-		else enum need_wsa = false;
-		static if (need_wsa) {
-			logTrace("init winsock");
-			// initialize WinSock2
-			import core.sys.windows.winsock2;
-			WSADATA data;
-			WSAStartup(0x0202, &data);
-
-		}
-	}
-
 	s_isMainThread = true;
 
 	// COMPILER BUG: Must be some kind of module constructor order issue:
diff --git a/source/vibe/core/sync.d b/source/vibe/core/sync.d
index 6aef38b..f85d436 100644
--- a/source/vibe/core/sync.d
+++ b/source/vibe/core/sync.d
@@ -438,7 +438,6 @@ final class InterruptibleTaskMutex : Lockable {
 	void unlock() nothrow { m_impl.unlock(); }
 }
 
-version (VibeLibevDriver) {} else // timers are not implemented for libev, yet
 unittest {
 	runMutexUnitTests!InterruptibleTaskMutex();
 }
@@ -475,7 +474,6 @@ final class RecursiveTaskMutex : core.sync.mutex.Mutex, Lockable {
 	override void unlock() { m_impl.unlock(); }
 }
 
-version (VibeLibevDriver) {} else // timers are not implemented for libev, yet
 unittest {
 	runMutexUnitTests!RecursiveTaskMutex();
 }
@@ -507,7 +505,6 @@ final class InterruptibleRecursiveTaskMutex : Lockable {
 	void unlock() { m_impl.unlock(); }
 }
 
-version (VibeLibevDriver) {} else // timers are not implemented for libev, yet
 unittest {
 	runMutexUnitTests!InterruptibleRecursiveTaskMutex();
 }