diff --git a/lib/std/fs/test.zig b/lib/std/fs/test.zig
index 8d7ef5172e..b3cc1fe569 100644
--- a/lib/std/fs/test.zig
+++ b/lib/std/fs/test.zig
@@ -813,26 +813,3 @@ fn run_lock_file_test(contexts: []FileLockTestContext) !void {
         try threads.append(try std.Thread.spawn(ctx, FileLockTestContext.run));
     }
 }
-
-test "deleteDir" {
-    var tmp_dir = tmpDir(.{});
-    defer tmp_dir.cleanup();
-
-    // deleting a non-existent directory
-    testing.expectError(error.FileNotFound, tmp_dir.dir.deleteDir("test_dir"));
-
-    var dir = try tmp_dir.dir.makeOpenPath("test_dir", .{});
-    var file = try dir.createFile("test_file", .{});
-    file.close();
-    dir.close();
-
-    // deleting a non-empty directory
-    testing.expectError(error.DirNotEmpty, tmp_dir.dir.deleteDir("test_dir"));
-
-    dir = try tmp_dir.dir.openDir("test_dir", .{});
-    try dir.deleteFile("test_file");
-    dir.close();
-
-    // deleting an empty directory
-    try tmp_dir.dir.deleteDir("test_dir");
-}
diff --git a/lib/std/os/windows.zig b/lib/std/os/windows.zig
index 2aa222414f..de0d0ea45f 100644
--- a/lib/std/os/windows.zig
+++ b/lib/std/os/windows.zig
@@ -764,7 +764,6 @@ pub const DeleteFileError = error{
     Unexpected,
     NotDir,
     IsDir,
-    DirNotEmpty,
 };
 
 pub const DeleteFileOptions = struct {
@@ -819,7 +818,7 @@ pub fn DeleteFile(sub_path_w: []const u16, options: DeleteFileOptions) DeleteFil
         0,
     );
     switch (rc) {
-        .SUCCESS => CloseHandle(tmp_handle),
+        .SUCCESS => return CloseHandle(tmp_handle),
         .OBJECT_NAME_INVALID => unreachable,
         .OBJECT_NAME_NOT_FOUND => return error.FileNotFound,
         .INVALID_PARAMETER => unreachable,
@@ -827,21 +826,6 @@ pub fn DeleteFile(sub_path_w: []const u16, options: DeleteFileOptions) DeleteFil
         .NOT_A_DIRECTORY => return error.NotDir,
         else => return unexpectedStatus(rc),
     }
-
-    // If a directory fails to be deleted, CloseHandle will still report success
-    // Check if the directory still exists and return error.DirNotEmpty if true
-    if (options.remove_dir) {
-        var basic_info: FILE_BASIC_INFORMATION = undefined;
-        switch (ntdll.NtQueryAttributesFile(&attr, &basic_info)) {
-            .SUCCESS => return error.DirNotEmpty,
-            .OBJECT_NAME_NOT_FOUND => return,
-            .OBJECT_PATH_NOT_FOUND => return,
-            .INVALID_PARAMETER => unreachable,
-            .ACCESS_DENIED => return error.AccessDenied,
-            .OBJECT_PATH_SYNTAX_BAD => unreachable,
-            else => |urc| return unexpectedStatus(urc),
-        }
-    }
 }
 
 pub const MoveFileError = error{ FileNotFound, Unexpected };