diff --git a/UI/obs-app.cpp b/UI/obs-app.cpp
index e4e504efa..73b826a84 100644
--- a/UI/obs-app.cpp
+++ b/UI/obs-app.cpp
@@ -500,12 +500,10 @@ bool OBSApp::InitGlobalConfigDefaults()
 				"MultiviewDrawAreas", true);
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
-	uint32_t winver = GetWindowsVersion();
-
 	config_set_default_bool(globalConfig, "Audio", "DisableAudioDucking",
 				true);
 	config_set_default_bool(globalConfig, "General", "BrowserHWAccel",
-				winver > 0x601);
+				true);
 #endif
 
 #ifdef __APPLE__