diff --git a/src/java.base/windows/classes/sun/util/locale/provider/HostLocaleProviderAdapterImpl.java b/src/java.base/windows/classes/sun/util/locale/provider/HostLocaleProviderAdapterImpl.java
index abc62d79bb1d4..5aa8431d859fe 100644
--- a/src/java.base/windows/classes/sun/util/locale/provider/HostLocaleProviderAdapterImpl.java
+++ b/src/java.base/windows/classes/sun/util/locale/provider/HostLocaleProviderAdapterImpl.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2012, 2020, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2012, 2025, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -116,22 +116,18 @@ public class HostLocaleProviderAdapterImpl {
     private static final String nativeDisplayLanguage;
     static {
         Set<Locale> tmpSet = new HashSet<>();
-        if (initialize()) {
-            // Assuming the default locales do not include any extensions, so
-            // no stripping is needed here.
-            Control c = Control.getNoFallbackControl(Control.FORMAT_DEFAULT);
-            String displayLocale = getDefaultLocale(CAT_DISPLAY);
-            Locale l = Locale.forLanguageTag(displayLocale.replace('_', '-'));
+        // Assuming the default locales do not include any extensions, so
+        // no stripping is needed here.
+        Control c = Control.getNoFallbackControl(Control.FORMAT_DEFAULT);
+        String displayLocale = getDefaultLocale(CAT_DISPLAY);
+        Locale l = Locale.forLanguageTag(displayLocale.replace('_', '-'));
+        tmpSet.addAll(c.getCandidateLocales("", l));
+        nativeDisplayLanguage = l.getLanguage();
+
+        String formatLocale = getDefaultLocale(CAT_FORMAT);
+        if (!formatLocale.equals(displayLocale)) {
+            l = Locale.forLanguageTag(formatLocale.replace('_', '-'));
             tmpSet.addAll(c.getCandidateLocales("", l));
-            nativeDisplayLanguage = l.getLanguage();
-
-            String formatLocale = getDefaultLocale(CAT_FORMAT);
-            if (!formatLocale.equals(displayLocale)) {
-                l = Locale.forLanguageTag(formatLocale.replace('_', '-'));
-                tmpSet.addAll(c.getCandidateLocales("", l));
-            }
-        } else {
-            nativeDisplayLanguage = "";
         }
         supportedLocaleSet = Collections.unmodifiableSet(tmpSet);
     }
@@ -850,7 +846,6 @@ private static Locale getNumberLocale(Locale src) {
     // native methods
 
     // initialize
-    private static native boolean initialize();
     private static native String getDefaultLocale(int cat);
 
     // For DateFormatProvider
diff --git a/src/java.base/windows/native/libjava/HostLocaleProviderAdapter_md.c b/src/java.base/windows/native/libjava/HostLocaleProviderAdapter_md.c
index bf399a6889486..b50dca85bf799 100644
--- a/src/java.base/windows/native/libjava/HostLocaleProviderAdapter_md.c
+++ b/src/java.base/windows/native/libjava/HostLocaleProviderAdapter_md.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2012, 2022, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2012, 2025, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -39,15 +39,6 @@
 #define CALENDAR_STYLE_SHORT_MASK       0x00000001  // Calendar.SHORT
 #define CALENDAR_STYLE_STANDALONE_MASK  0x00008000  // Calendar.STANDALONE
 
-// global variables
-typedef int (WINAPI *PGLIE)(const jchar *, LCTYPE, LPWSTR, int);
-typedef int (WINAPI *PGCIE)(const jchar *, CALID, LPCWSTR, CALTYPE, LPWSTR, int, LPDWORD);
-typedef int (WINAPI *PECIEE)(CALINFO_ENUMPROCEXEX, const jchar *, CALID, LPCWSTR, CALTYPE, LPARAM);
-PGLIE pGetLocaleInfoEx;
-PGCIE pGetCalendarInfoEx;
-PECIEE pEnumCalendarInfoExEx;
-BOOL initialized = FALSE;
-
 // prototypes
 int getLocaleInfoWrapper(const jchar *langtag, LCTYPE type, LPWSTR data, int buflen);
 int getCalendarInfoWrapper(const jchar *langtag, CALID id, LPCWSTR reserved, CALTYPE type, LPWSTR data, int buflen, LPDWORD val);
@@ -178,31 +169,6 @@ WCHAR * fixes[2][2][3][16] =
     }
 };
 
-/*
- * Class:     sun_util_locale_provider_HostLocaleProviderAdapterImpl
- * Method:    initialize
- * Signature: ()Z
- */
-JNIEXPORT jboolean JNICALL Java_sun_util_locale_provider_HostLocaleProviderAdapterImpl_initialize
-  (JNIEnv *env, jclass cls) {
-    if (!initialized) {
-        pGetLocaleInfoEx = (PGLIE)GetProcAddress(
-            GetModuleHandle("kernel32.dll"),
-            "GetLocaleInfoEx");
-        pGetCalendarInfoEx = (PGCIE)GetProcAddress(
-            GetModuleHandle("kernel32.dll"),
-            "GetCalendarInfoEx");
-        pEnumCalendarInfoExEx = (PECIEE)GetProcAddress(
-            GetModuleHandle("kernel32.dll"),
-            "EnumCalendarInfoExEx");
-        initialized =TRUE;
-    }
-
-    return pGetLocaleInfoEx != NULL &&
-           pGetCalendarInfoEx != NULL &&
-           pEnumCalendarInfoExEx != NULL;
-}
-
 /*
  * Class:     sun_util_locale_provider_HostLocaleProviderAdapterImpl
  * Method:    getDefaultLocale
@@ -768,34 +734,20 @@ JNIEXPORT jstring JNICALL Java_sun_util_locale_provider_HostLocaleProviderAdapte
 }
 
 int getLocaleInfoWrapper(const jchar *langtag, LCTYPE type, LPWSTR data, int buflen) {
-    if (pGetLocaleInfoEx) {
-        if (wcscmp(L"und", (LPWSTR)langtag) == 0) {
-            // defaults to "en"
-            return pGetLocaleInfoEx(L"en", type, data, buflen);
-        } else {
-            return pGetLocaleInfoEx((LPWSTR)langtag, type, data, buflen);
-        }
+    if (wcscmp(L"und", (LPWSTR)langtag) == 0) {
+        // defaults to "en"
+        return GetLocaleInfoEx(L"en", type, data, buflen);
     } else {
-        // If we ever wanted to support WinXP, we will need extra module from
-        // MS...
-        // return GetLocaleInfo(DownlevelLocaleNameToLCID(langtag, 0), type, data, buflen);
-        return 0;
+        return GetLocaleInfoEx((LPWSTR)langtag, type, data, buflen);
     }
 }
 
 int getCalendarInfoWrapper(const jchar *langtag, CALID id, LPCWSTR reserved, CALTYPE type, LPWSTR data, int buflen, LPDWORD val) {
-    if (pGetCalendarInfoEx) {
-        if (wcscmp(L"und", (LPWSTR)langtag) == 0) {
-            // defaults to "en"
-            return pGetCalendarInfoEx(L"en", id, reserved, type, data, buflen, val);
-        } else {
-            return pGetCalendarInfoEx((LPWSTR)langtag, id, reserved, type, data, buflen, val);
-        }
+    if (wcscmp(L"und", (LPWSTR)langtag) == 0) {
+        // defaults to "en"
+        return GetCalendarInfoEx(L"en", id, reserved, type, data, buflen, val);
     } else {
-        // If we ever wanted to support WinXP, we will need extra module from
-        // MS...
-        // return GetCalendarInfo(DownlevelLocaleNameToLCID(langtag, 0), ...);
-        return 0;
+        return GetCalendarInfoEx((LPWSTR)langtag, id, reserved, type, data, buflen, val);
     }
 }
 
@@ -1000,17 +952,13 @@ void getFixPart(const jchar * langtag, const jint numberStyle, BOOL positive, BO
 }
 
 int enumCalendarInfoWrapper(const jchar *langtag, CALID calid, CALTYPE type, LPWSTR buf, int buflen) {
-    if (pEnumCalendarInfoExEx) {
-        if (wcscmp(L"und", (LPWSTR)langtag) == 0) {
-            // defaults to "en"
-            return pEnumCalendarInfoExEx(&EnumCalendarInfoProc, L"en",
-                calid, NULL, type, (LPARAM)buf);
-        } else {
-            return pEnumCalendarInfoExEx(&EnumCalendarInfoProc, langtag,
-                calid, NULL, type, (LPARAM)buf);
-        }
+    if (wcscmp(L"und", (LPWSTR)langtag) == 0) {
+        // defaults to "en"
+        return EnumCalendarInfoExEx(&EnumCalendarInfoProc, L"en",
+            calid, NULL, type, (LPARAM)buf);
     } else {
-        return 0;
+        return EnumCalendarInfoExEx(&EnumCalendarInfoProc, langtag,
+            calid, NULL, type, (LPARAM)buf);
     }
 }