diff --git a/compat/win32/dirent.h b/compat/win32/dirent.h
index b38973b051..7f4e6c71d9 100644
--- a/compat/win32/dirent.h
+++ b/compat/win32/dirent.h
@@ -10,10 +10,7 @@ typedef struct DIR DIR;
 
 struct dirent {
 	char d_name[FILENAME_MAX];       /* File name. */
-	union {
-		unsigned short d_reclen; /* Always zero. */
-		unsigned char  d_type;   /* Reimplementation adds this */
-	};
+	unsigned char d_type;      /* file type to prevent lstat after readdir */
 };
 
 DIR *opendir(const char *dirname);