diff --git a/src/emu/machine.cpp b/src/emu/machine.cpp
index b1b67ab81d0..b3ac263473e 100644
--- a/src/emu/machine.cpp
+++ b/src/emu/machine.cpp
@@ -1012,8 +1012,7 @@ void running_machine::logfile_callback(const running_machine &machine, const cha
 	{
 		machine.m_logfile->puts(buffer);
 		
-		// TODO: commented out for now - it causes -log slow down to a crawl on Windows
-		//machine.m_logfile->flush();
+		machine.m_logfile->flush();
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/osd/windows/winfile.cpp b/src/osd/windows/winfile.cpp
index e8fcc30ab2c..742f97363d6 100644
--- a/src/osd/windows/winfile.cpp
+++ b/src/osd/windows/winfile.cpp
@@ -290,19 +290,6 @@ file_error osd_fflush(osd_file *file)
 	if (!file || !file->handle)
 		return FILERR_FAILURE;
 
-	switch (file->type)
-	{
-		case WINFILE_FILE:
-			// attempt to flush file buffers
-			if (!FlushFileBuffers(file->handle))
-				return win_error_to_mame_file_error(GetLastError());
-			break;
-		case WINFILE_SOCKET:
-			return FILERR_FAILURE;
-		case WINFILE_PTTY:
-			return FILERR_FAILURE;
-
-	}
 	return FILERR_NONE;
 }