diff --git a/lib/chunkio/src/win32/dirent.c b/lib/chunkio/src/win32/dirent.c
index 6ea57f9626a..b2a5d0a8ad6 100644
--- a/lib/chunkio/src/win32/dirent.c
+++ b/lib/chunkio/src/win32/dirent.c
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
  */
 
 #include <Windows.h>
-#include <shlwapi.h>
 
 #include "dirent.h"
 
@@ -79,7 +78,8 @@ struct CIO_WIN32_DIR *cio_win32_opendir(const char *path)
 {
     struct CIO_WIN32_DIR *d;
 
-    if (!PathIsDirectoryA(path)) {
+    DWORD attrs = GetFileAttributesA(path);
+    if (attrs == INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES || !(attrs & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY)) {
         return NULL;
     }