diff --git a/src/support/os_win32.C b/src/support/os_win32.C
index 00846649b5..c6624eadc4 100644
--- a/src/support/os_win32.C
+++ b/src/support/os_win32.C
@@ -135,32 +135,10 @@ void init(int /* argc */, char * argv[])
 	 * shell scripts failed, for mysterious reasons...
 	 *
 	 * I've chosen for now, therefore, to simply add Ruurd's original
-	 * code as-is.
+	 * code as-is. A wrapper program hidecmd.c has been added to 
+	 * development/Win32 which hides the console window of lyx when
+	 * lyx is invoked as a parameter of hidecmd.exe.
 	 */
-	// Close the console when run (probably)
-	// not run from command prompt
-	char WindowTitle[1024];
-	if (GetConsoleTitle(WindowTitle, sizeof(WindowTitle)) == 0) {
-		// Could not get the title, so we just leave things as they are
-		return;
-	}
-
-	if ((strcmp(WindowTitle, argv[0]) == 0) ||
-		(strcmp(WindowTitle, "LyX") == 0)) {
-		// format a "unique" newWindowTitle
-		wsprintf(WindowTitle, "%d/%d",
-			GetTickCount(),
-			GetCurrentProcessId());
-		// change current window title
-		SetConsoleTitle(WindowTitle);
-		// ensure window title has been updated
-		Sleep(40);
-		// look for newWindowTitle
-		HWND const hwndFound = FindWindow(NULL, WindowTitle);
-		// If found, hide it
-		if (hwndFound != NULL)
-			ShowWindow( hwndFound, SW_HIDE);
-	}
 
 	// If cygwin is detected, query the cygdrive prefix
 	HKEY regKey;