diff --git a/daemon/daemon_windows.go b/daemon/daemon_windows.go
index 5222b05e0f..aee48d39c3 100644
--- a/daemon/daemon_windows.go
+++ b/daemon/daemon_windows.go
@@ -654,10 +654,6 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) initRuntimes(_ map[string]types.Runtime) error {
 func setupResolvConf(config *config.Config) {
 }
 
-func (daemon *Daemon) useShimV2() bool {
-	return true
-}
-
 // RawSysInfo returns *sysinfo.SysInfo .
 func (daemon *Daemon) RawSysInfo(quiet bool) *sysinfo.SysInfo {
 	return sysinfo.New(quiet)
diff --git a/libcontainerd/libcontainerd_windows.go b/libcontainerd/libcontainerd_windows.go
index e7f0bc9d30..61f19ba087 100644
--- a/libcontainerd/libcontainerd_windows.go
+++ b/libcontainerd/libcontainerd_windows.go
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import (
 // NewClient creates a new libcontainerd client from a containerd client
 func NewClient(ctx context.Context, cli *containerd.Client, stateDir, ns string, b libcontainerdtypes.Backend) (libcontainerdtypes.Client, error) {
 	if !system.ContainerdRuntimeSupported() {
-		// useShimV2 is ignored for windows
 		return local.NewClient(ctx, cli, stateDir, ns, b)
 	}
 	return remote.NewClient(ctx, cli, stateDir, ns, b)