diff --git a/ninewinecfg/main.c b/ninewinecfg/main.c
index 36a59dd..4285f11 100644
--- a/ninewinecfg/main.c
+++ b/ninewinecfg/main.c
@@ -230,36 +230,24 @@ static BOOL remove_file(LPCSTR filename)
 static BOOL create_symlink(LPCSTR target, LPCSTR filename)
 {
     BOOL ret;
-    char *target_fn, *fn;
-
-    if (!(target_fn = unix_filename(target)))
-    {
-        ret = FALSE;
-        goto done;
-    }
+    char *fn = unix_filename(filename);
 
-    if (!(fn = unix_filename(filename)))
-    {
-        ret = FALSE;
-        goto free_target_fn;
-    }
+    if (!fn)
+        return FALSE;
 
-    if (!symlink(target_fn, fn))
+    if (!symlink(target, fn))
     {
         TRACE("Symlinked '%s' to '%s'\n", nine_dbgstr_a(fn),
-              nine_dbgstr_a(target_fn));
+              nine_dbgstr_a(target));
         ret = TRUE;
     } else {
         ERR("Failed to symlinked '%s' to '%s'\n", nine_dbgstr_a(fn),
-              nine_dbgstr_a(target_fn));
+              nine_dbgstr_a(target));
         ret = FALSE;
     }
 
     HeapFree(GetProcessHeap(), 0, fn);
-free_target_fn:
-    HeapFree(GetProcessHeap(), 0, target_fn);
 
-done:
     return ret;
 }
 
@@ -468,8 +456,6 @@ static void nine_set(BOOL status, BOOL NoOtherArch)
 
     if (status)
     {
-        HMODULE hmod;
-
         if (!nine_install_forwarder())
         {
             ERR("Failed to install forwarder\n");
@@ -485,23 +471,7 @@ static void nine_set(BOOL status, BOOL NoOtherArch)
                 remove_file(dst);
         }
 
-        hmod = LoadLibraryExA(fn_forwarder_dll, NULL, DONT_RESOLVE_DLL_REFERENCES);
-        if (hmod)
-        {
-            CHAR buf[MAX_PATH];
-            DWORD len = GetModuleFileNameA(hmod, (LPSTR)buf, sizeof(buf));
-
-            if (len && len < sizeof(buf))
-                create_symlink(buf, dst);
-            else
-                ERR("GetModuleFileNameA failed to get file path\n");
-
-            FreeLibrary(hmod);
-        } else {
-            LPWSTR msg = load_message(GetLastError());
-            ERR("Couldn't load %s: %s\n", fn_forwarder_dll, nine_dbgstr_w(msg));
-            LocalFree(msg);
-        }
+        create_symlink(fn_forwarder_dll, dst);
     } else {
         if (is_nine_symlink(dst))
         {