diff --git a/windows/src/engine/keyman32/K32_load.cpp b/windows/src/engine/keyman32/K32_load.cpp
index ed2889b375..ed07f26fe7 100644
--- a/windows/src/engine/keyman32/K32_load.cpp
+++ b/windows/src/engine/keyman32/K32_load.cpp
@@ -45,12 +45,6 @@ BOOL GetKeyboardFileName(LPSTR kbname, LPSTR buf, int nbuf)
 {
   PKEYMAN64THREADDATA _td = ThreadGlobals();
   if(!_td) return FALSE;
-  if(_td->ForceFileName[0])
-  {
-    strncpy_s(buf, nbuf, _td->ForceFileName, nbuf - 1);
-    buf[nbuf-1] = 0;
-    return TRUE;
-  }
 
   int n = 0;
   RegistryReadOnly *reg = Reg_GetKeymanInstalledKeyboard(kbname);
diff --git a/windows/src/engine/keyman32/appint/aiTIP.cpp b/windows/src/engine/keyman32/appint/aiTIP.cpp
index 8b4fd9ed6b..dba603d6b2 100644
--- a/windows/src/engine/keyman32/appint/aiTIP.cpp
+++ b/windows/src/engine/keyman32/appint/aiTIP.cpp
@@ -595,7 +595,6 @@ BOOL AITIP::QueueDebugInformation(int ItemType, LPGROUP Group, LPKEY Rule, PWSTR
 {
   PKEYMAN64THREADDATA _td = ThreadGlobals();
   if(!_td) return TRUE;
-  if(!_td->ForceFileName[0]) return TRUE;
 
 	SendDebugMessageFormat(0, sdmAIDefault, 0, "AIDebugger::QueueDebugInformation ItemType=%d", ItemType);
 	AIDEBUGINFO di;
@@ -620,19 +619,3 @@ BOOL AITIP::QueueDebugInformation(int ItemType, LPGROUP Group, LPKEY Rule, PWSTR
 
 	return TRUE;
 }
-
-typedef BOOL(WINAPI *PREFRESHPRESERVEDKEYSFUNC)(BOOL Activating);
-
-void RefreshPreservedKeys(BOOL Activating) {
-#ifdef _WIN64
-  HMODULE hModule = GetModuleHandle("kmtip64");
-#else
-  HMODULE hModule = GetModuleHandle("kmtip");
-#endif
-  if (hModule != NULL) {
-    PREFRESHPRESERVEDKEYSFUNC pRefreshPreservedKeys = (PREFRESHPRESERVEDKEYSFUNC)GetProcAddress(hModule, "RefreshPreservedKeys");
-    if (pRefreshPreservedKeys) {
-      pRefreshPreservedKeys(Activating);
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/windows/src/engine/keyman32/globals.h b/windows/src/engine/keyman32/globals.h
index 1465bab24d..320ef811de 100644
--- a/windows/src/engine/keyman32/globals.h
+++ b/windows/src/engine/keyman32/globals.h
@@ -215,8 +215,6 @@ typedef struct tagKEYMAN64THREADDATA
 	  FInitialised,
     FInitialising;
 
-  char ForceFileName[MAX_PATH];
-
   DWORD ActiveKeymanID;
 
   /* TIP Globals */
diff --git a/windows/src/engine/keyman32/keyman32.cpp b/windows/src/engine/keyman32/keyman32.cpp
index 7444a696d4..7a2490f925 100644
--- a/windows/src/engine/keyman32/keyman32.cpp
+++ b/windows/src/engine/keyman32/keyman32.cpp
@@ -529,19 +529,6 @@ extern "C" BOOL _declspec(dllexport) WINAPI Keyman_RestartEngine()
   return TRUE;
 }
 
-/*******************************************************************************************/
-/*                                                                                         */
-/* Keyman Keyboard Override Functions                                                      */
-/*                                                                                         */
-/*******************************************************************************************/
-
-
-
-void RefreshPreservedKeys(BOOL Activating);
-
-
-
-
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 //
 // Utility guff functions
@@ -914,7 +901,11 @@ void ReleaseKeyboards(BOOL Lock)
 	if(!_td || !_td->lpKeyboards) return;
 
 
-  if(Lock) if(_td->lpActiveKeyboard && !_td->ForceFileName[0]) DeactivateDLLs(_td->lpActiveKeyboard);
+  if(Lock) {
+    if(_td->lpActiveKeyboard) {
+      DeactivateDLLs(_td->lpActiveKeyboard);
+    }
+  }
 
 	for(int i = 0; i < _td->nKeyboards; i++)
 	{
@@ -928,7 +919,6 @@ void ReleaseKeyboards(BOOL Lock)
 	delete _td->lpKeyboards;
 
 	_td->lpKeyboards = NULL;
-	if(!_td->ForceFileName[0]) _td->lpActiveKeyboard = NULL;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/windows/src/engine/keyman32/selectkeyboard.cpp b/windows/src/engine/keyman32/selectkeyboard.cpp
index d600262fd4..0ca9e2e65f 100644
--- a/windows/src/engine/keyman32/selectkeyboard.cpp
+++ b/windows/src/engine/keyman32/selectkeyboard.cpp
@@ -71,11 +71,6 @@ BOOL SelectKeyboard(DWORD KeymanID)
 
   __try
   {
-    if (_td->ForceFileName[0])
-    {
-      SendDebugMessageFormat(hwnd, sdmGlobal, 0, "SelectKeyboard: Ignored due to ForceFile");
-      return FALSE;	// Keyboard file is force-loaded
-    }
 
     KMHideIM();