diff --git a/src/switch.c b/src/switch.c
index 10068a1bb1..1597c8e408 100644
--- a/src/switch.c
+++ b/src/switch.c
@@ -177,9 +177,6 @@ void WINAPI service_main(DWORD numArgs, char **args)
 	/* update the service status */
 	SetServiceStatus(hStatus, &status);
 
-	/* run freeswitch with elevated priority */
-	set_high_priority();
-
 	/* attempt to initialize freeswitch and load modules */
 	if (switch_core_init_and_modload(flags, SWITCH_FALSE, &err) != SWITCH_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
 		/* freeswitch did not start sucessfully */