--- luaotfload-database.lua.orig	2013-05-18 18:21:33.000000000 -0400
+++ luaotfload-database.lua	2013-05-21 18:02:48.997201900 -0400
@@ -993,25 +993,6 @@
             return path
         end
 
-    elseif os_name == "cygwin" then -- union of ms + unix
-        path_normalize = function (path)
-            path = stringgsub(path, '\\', '/')
-            path = stringlower(path)
-            path = stringgsub(path, '^/cygdrive/(%a)/', '%1:/')
-            local dest = lfsreadlink(path)
-            if dest then
-                if kpsereadable_file(dest) then
-                    path = dest
-                elseif kpsereadable_file(filejoin(filedirname(path), dest)) then
-                    path = filejoin(file.dirname(path), dest)
-                else
-                    -- broken symlink?
-                end
-            end
-            path = filecollapsepath(path)
-            return path
-        end
-
     else -- posix
         path_normalize = function (path)
             local dest = lfsreadlink(path)
@@ -1377,7 +1358,7 @@
             "/System/Library/Fonts",
             "/Network/Library/Fonts",
         }
-    elseif os.type == "windows" or os.type == "msdos" or os.name == "cygwin" then
+    elseif os.type == "windows" or os.type == "msdos" then
         local windir = os.getenv("WINDIR")
         return { filejoin(windir, 'Fonts') }
     else