diff --git a/src/sbbs3/load_cfg.c b/src/sbbs3/load_cfg.c
index 552a8861b8d7da603163140c8be74d085ace2048..3c84f84c7b05cb89dcd1fb4f97a79aac97bd5336 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/load_cfg.c
+++ b/src/sbbs3/load_cfg.c
@@ -439,7 +439,6 @@ char* DLLCALL prep_dir(char* base, char* path)
 	for(p=str;*p;p++)
 		if(*p=='\\') 
 			*p='/';
-	strlwr(str);	/* temporary hack */
 #endif
 
 	backslashcolon(str);