diff --git a/src/main/java/org/mariadb/jdbc/internal/com/send/gssapi/GssUtility.java b/src/main/java/org/mariadb/jdbc/internal/com/send/gssapi/GssUtility.java
index fbfd4cb5..1d54c2bd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/mariadb/jdbc/internal/com/send/gssapi/GssUtility.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/mariadb/jdbc/internal/com/send/gssapi/GssUtility.java
@@ -13,19 +13,6 @@ public class GssUtility {
    * @return authentication method
    */
   public static BiFunction<PacketInputStream, Integer, GssapiAuth> getAuthenticationMethod() {
-    try {
-      //Waffle-jna has jna as dependency, so if not available on classpath, just use standard authentication
-      if (Platform.isWindows()) {
-        try {
-          Class.forName("waffle.windows.auth.impl.WindowsAuthProviderImpl");
-          return (reader, packSeq) -> new WindowsNativeSspiAuthentication(reader, packSeq);
-        } catch (ClassNotFoundException cle) {
-          //waffle not in the classpath
-        }
-      }
-    } catch (Throwable cle) {
-      //jna jar's are not in classpath
-    }
     return (reader, packSeq) -> new StandardGssapiAuthentication(reader, packSeq);
   }