diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 21650ad0..f552aa81 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 == 1.3.0 Double Espresso
+ * BREAKING CHANGE: Thin no longer ships with fat Windows binaries.
+   From now on, to install on Windows, install https://github.com/oneclick/rubyinstaller/wiki/Development-Kit.
  * BREAKING CHANGE: Remove automatic Content-Length setting.
    It is now the responsibility of the app (or a middleware) to set the Content-Length.
  * Log errors to STDERR [textgoeshere]
diff --git a/lib/thin.rb b/lib/thin.rb
index 6711b7fc..bbac4831 100644
--- a/lib/thin.rb
+++ b/lib/thin.rb
@@ -38,15 +38,7 @@ module Controllers
 require "#{Thin::ROOT}/thin/version"
 require "#{Thin::ROOT}/thin/statuses"
 require "#{Thin::ROOT}/rack/adapter/loader"
-
-begin
-  # Select proper binary
-  major_ruby_version = RUBY_VERSION[/^(\d+\.\d+)/]
-  require "#{Thin::ROOT}/#{major_ruby_version}/thin_parser"
-rescue LoadError
-  # Installed from source
-  require "#{Thin::ROOT}/thin_parser"
-end
+require "#{Thin::ROOT}/thin_parser"
 
 module Rack
   module Adapter