diff --git a/gmodule/gmodule-ar.c b/gmodule/gmodule-ar.c
index 3301c474f..381eef4db 100644
--- a/gmodule/gmodule-ar.c
+++ b/gmodule/gmodule-ar.c
@@ -141,19 +141,10 @@ _g_module_self (void)
 }
 
 static void
-_g_module_close (gpointer handle,
-		 gboolean is_unref)
+_g_module_close (gpointer handle)
 {
-  /* are there any systems out there that have dlopen()/dlclose()
-   * without a reference count implementation?
-   */
-  is_unref |= 1;
-  
-  if (is_unref)
-    {
-      if (dlclose (handle) != 0)
-	g_module_set_error (fetch_dlerror (TRUE));
-    }
+  if (dlclose (handle) != 0)
+    g_module_set_error (fetch_dlerror (TRUE));
 }
 
 static gpointer
diff --git a/gmodule/gmodule-dl.c b/gmodule/gmodule-dl.c
index 5d0200c9d..fab151370 100644
--- a/gmodule/gmodule-dl.c
+++ b/gmodule/gmodule-dl.c
@@ -131,21 +131,11 @@ _g_module_self (void)
 }
 
 static void
-_g_module_close (gpointer handle,
-		 gboolean is_unref)
+_g_module_close (gpointer handle)
 {
-  /* are there any systems out there that have dlopen()/dlclose()
-   * without a reference count implementation?
-   *
-   * See above for the Android special case
-   */
 #if defined(__BIONIC__)
-  is_unref = (handle != RTLD_DEFAULT);
-#else
-  is_unref |= 1;
+  if (handle != RTLD_DEFAULT)
 #endif
-
-  if (is_unref)
     {
       if (dlclose (handle) != 0)
 	g_module_set_error (fetch_dlerror (TRUE));
diff --git a/gmodule/gmodule-win32.c b/gmodule/gmodule-win32.c
index 795dc0938..5057d256e 100644
--- a/gmodule/gmodule-win32.c
+++ b/gmodule/gmodule-win32.c
@@ -113,8 +113,7 @@ _g_module_self (void)
 }
 
 static void
-_g_module_close (gpointer handle,
-		 gboolean is_unref)
+_g_module_close (gpointer handle)
 {
   if (handle != null_module_handle)
     if (!FreeLibrary (handle))
diff --git a/gmodule/gmodule.c b/gmodule/gmodule.c
index 744abe0ac..e71b07e48 100644
--- a/gmodule/gmodule.c
+++ b/gmodule/gmodule.c
@@ -207,8 +207,7 @@ struct _GModule
 static gpointer		_g_module_open		(const gchar	*file_name,
 						 gboolean	 bind_lazy,
 						 gboolean	 bind_local);
-static void		_g_module_close		(gpointer	 handle,
-						 gboolean	 is_unref);
+static void		_g_module_close		(gpointer	 handle);
 static gpointer		_g_module_self		(void);
 static gpointer		_g_module_symbol	(gpointer	 handle,
 						 const gchar	*symbol_name);
@@ -297,8 +296,7 @@ _g_module_open (const gchar	*file_name,
   return NULL;
 }
 static void
-_g_module_close	(gpointer	 handle,
-		 gboolean	 is_unref)
+_g_module_close (gpointer handle)
 {
 }
 static gpointer
@@ -615,7 +613,7 @@ g_module_open (const gchar    *file_name,
       module = g_module_find_by_handle (handle);
       if (module)
 	{
-	  _g_module_close (module->handle, TRUE);
+	  _g_module_close (module->handle);
 	  module->ref_count++;
 	  g_module_set_error (NULL);
 	  
@@ -721,7 +719,7 @@ g_module_close (GModule *module)
 	}
       module->next = NULL;
       
-      _g_module_close (module->handle, FALSE);
+      _g_module_close (module->handle);
       g_free (module->file_name);
       g_free (module);
     }