diff --git a/onnxruntime/core/session/provider_bridge_ort.cc b/onnxruntime/core/session/provider_bridge_ort.cc
index 77a89309e37e3..3239e2b6e36e9 100644
--- a/onnxruntime/core/session/provider_bridge_ort.cc
+++ b/onnxruntime/core/session/provider_bridge_ort.cc
@@ -1783,12 +1783,7 @@ static ProviderLibrary s_library_tensorrt(LIBRARY_PREFIX ORT_TSTR("onnxruntime_p
 static ProviderLibrary s_library_migraphx(LIBRARY_PREFIX ORT_TSTR("onnxruntime_providers_migraphx") LIBRARY_EXTENSION);
 
 // QNN EP can be built either as a static library or a shared library. Can safely define s_library_qnn even if static.
-static ProviderLibrary s_library_qnn(LIBRARY_PREFIX ORT_TSTR("onnxruntime_providers_qnn") LIBRARY_EXTENSION
-#ifndef _WIN32
-                                     ,
-                                     false /* unload - On Linux if we unload the qnn shared provider we crash */
-#endif
-);
+static ProviderLibrary s_library_qnn(LIBRARY_PREFIX ORT_TSTR("onnxruntime_providers_qnn") LIBRARY_EXTENSION);
 
 void UnloadSharedProviders() {
   s_library_dnnl.Unload();