diff --git a/build/tasks/build-task.coffee b/build/tasks/build-task.coffee
index c9964b474..44200a0b6 100644
--- a/build/tasks/build-task.coffee
+++ b/build/tasks/build-task.coffee
@@ -148,9 +148,6 @@ module.exports = (grunt) ->
           grunt.file.copy(sourcePath, path.resolve(appDir, '..', subDirectory, filename))
 
     if process.platform is 'win32'
-      cp path.join('resources', 'win', 'msvcp100.dll'), path.join(shellAppDir, 'msvcp100.dll')
-      cp path.join('resources', 'win', 'msvcr100.dll'), path.join(shellAppDir, 'msvcr100.dll')
-
       # Set up chocolatey ignore and gui files
       fs.writeFileSync path.join(appDir, 'apm', 'node_modules', 'atom-package-manager', 'bin', 'node.exe.ignore'), ''
       fs.writeFileSync path.join(appDir, 'node_modules', 'symbols-view', 'vendor', 'ctags-win32.exe.ignore'), ''
diff --git a/resources/win/msvcp100.dll b/resources/win/msvcp100.dll
deleted file mode 100644
index 0285593bf..000000000
Binary files a/resources/win/msvcp100.dll and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/resources/win/msvcr100.dll b/resources/win/msvcr100.dll
deleted file mode 100644
index 6d6af7ebe..000000000
Binary files a/resources/win/msvcr100.dll and /dev/null differ