diff --git a/platform/build-scripts/src/org/jetbrains/intellij/build/impl/WindowsDistributionBuilder.kt b/platform/build-scripts/src/org/jetbrains/intellij/build/impl/WindowsDistributionBuilder.kt
index ecb72f23c5aa..0d13e2c155c8 100644
--- a/platform/build-scripts/src/org/jetbrains/intellij/build/impl/WindowsDistributionBuilder.kt
+++ b/platform/build-scripts/src/org/jetbrains/intellij/build/impl/WindowsDistributionBuilder.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2000-2025 JetBrains s.r.o. and contributors. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license.
+// Copyright 2000-2026 JetBrains s.r.o. and contributors. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license.
 package org.jetbrains.intellij.build.impl
 
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.SystemInfoRt
@@ -135,14 +135,6 @@ internal class WindowsDistributionBuilder(
     copyFilesForOsDistribution(osAndArchSpecificDistPath, arch)
     val runtimeDir = context.bundledRuntime.extract(OsFamily.WINDOWS, arch, WindowsLibcImpl.DEFAULT)
 
-    val vcRtDll = runtimeDir.resolve("jbr/bin/msvcp140.dll")
-    check(Files.exists(vcRtDll)) {
-      "VS C++ Runtime DLL (${vcRtDll.fileName}) not found in ${vcRtDll.parent}.\n" +
-      "If JBR uses a newer version, please correct the path in this code and update Windows Launcher build configuration.\n" +
-      "If DLL was relocated to another place, please correct the path in this code."
-    }
-    copyFileToDir(vcRtDll, osAndArchSpecificDistPath.resolve("bin"))
-
     val (zipWithJbrPath, exePath) = context.executeStep(spanBuilder("build Windows artifacts"), stepId = BuildOptions.WINDOWS_ARTIFACTS_STEP) {
       var zipWithJbrPath: Path? = null
       var exePath: Path? = null