diff --git a/include/ChangeLog b/include/ChangeLog
index d486b05de..d0394ef69 100644
--- a/include/ChangeLog
+++ b/include/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2002-10-21  Werner Koch  <wk@gnupg.org>
+
+	* util.h [__CYGWIN32__]: Don't need the registry prototypes.
+
 2002-09-10  Werner Koch  <wk@gnupg.org>
 
 	* mpi.h (mpi_is_protected, mpi_set_protect_flag)
diff --git a/include/util.h b/include/util.h
index ae299ef5a..a053c68be 100644
--- a/include/util.h
+++ b/include/util.h
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ int strncasecmp (const char *, const char *b, size_t n);
   #define memmove(d, s, n) bcopy((s), (d), (n))
 #endif
 
-#if defined (__MINGW32__) || defined (__CYGWIN32__)
+#if defined (__MINGW32__)
 /*-- w32reg.c --*/
 char *read_w32_registry_string( const char *root,
 				const char *dir, const char *name );