diff --git a/ms-windows/osgeo4w/qgis.bat.tmpl b/ms-windows/osgeo4w/qgis.bat.tmpl
index 4266e002a843..d9776368a440 100755
--- a/ms-windows/osgeo4w/qgis.bat.tmpl
+++ b/ms-windows/osgeo4w/qgis.bat.tmpl
@@ -4,6 +4,5 @@ SET OSGEO4W_ROOT=@osgeo4w@
 call "%OSGEO4W_ROOT%"\bin\o4w_env.bat
 call "%OSGEO4W_ROOT%"\apps\grass\grass-@grassversion@\etc\env.bat
 @echo off
-SET GDAL_DRIVER_PATH=%OSGEO4W_ROOT%\bin\gdalplugins\1.8
 path %PATH%;%OSGEO4W_ROOT%\apps\@package@\bin;%OSGEO4W_ROOT%\apps\grass\grass-@grassversion@\lib
 start "Quantum GIS" /B "%OSGEO4W_ROOT%"\apps\@package@\bin\qgis.exe %*