diff --git a/src/SFML/System/Win32/ThreadImpl.cpp b/src/SFML/System/Win32/ThreadImpl.cpp
index 56832fdb..cc1ff653 100644
--- a/src/SFML/System/Win32/ThreadImpl.cpp
+++ b/src/SFML/System/Win32/ThreadImpl.cpp
@@ -57,12 +57,7 @@ ThreadImpl::~ThreadImpl()
 void ThreadImpl::Wait()
 {
     if (myThread)
-    {
-        // The following condition avoids a deadlock if Wait() is called from its
-        // owner thread. This makes the behaviour consistent with the Unix implementation
-        if (GetThreadId(myThread) != GetCurrentThreadId())
-            WaitForSingleObject(myThread, INFINITE);
-    }
+        WaitForSingleObject(myThread, INFINITE);
 }