diff --git a/src/dictstat.c b/src/dictstat.c
index c30428fe5..47c8f4274 100644
--- a/src/dictstat.c
+++ b/src/dictstat.c
@@ -16,11 +16,7 @@ int sort_by_dictstat (const void *s1, const void *s2)
   dictstat_t *d1 = (dictstat_t *) s1;
   dictstat_t *d2 = (dictstat_t *) s2;
 
-  #if defined (__linux__) || defined (__CYGWIN__)
-  d2->stat.st_atim = d1->stat.st_atim;
-  #else
   d2->stat.st_atime = d1->stat.st_atime;
-  #endif
 
   return memcmp (&d1->stat, &d2->stat, sizeof (struct stat));
 }