diff --git a/library/io/windows/load.factor b/library/io/windows/load.factor
index 16488c031c..b84ace5781 100644
--- a/library/io/windows/load.factor
+++ b/library/io/windows/load.factor
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ REQUIRES: library/windows library/io/buffer ;
 
 PROVIDE: library/io/windows {
     "errors.factor"
-    "winsock.factor"
     "io-internals.factor"
     "stream.factor"
     "server.factor"
diff --git a/library/io/windows/stream.factor b/library/io/windows/stream.factor
index dde2306c7d..6a1624050b 100644
--- a/library/io/windows/stream.factor
+++ b/library/io/windows/stream.factor
@@ -69,8 +69,7 @@ TUPLE: win32-stream handle in-buffer out-buffer fileptr file-size timeout cutoff
     ] [
         pick dupd consume-input
         dup empty? [
-            2drop >string-or-f nip dup f =
-            [ "Stream closed" throw ] when ! XXX: what do we do here?
+            2drop >string-or-f nip
         ] [
             swapd over >r nappend r>
             [ length - ] keep swap do-read-count
diff --git a/library/windows/load.factor b/library/windows/load.factor
index 4f242fbe3f..9615272a80 100644
--- a/library/windows/load.factor
+++ b/library/windows/load.factor
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ PROVIDE: library/windows {
     "user32-structs.factor"
     "user32-types.factor"
     "user32.factor"
+    "winsock.factor"
     "opengl32.factor"
     "utils.factor"
 } ;