diff --git a/src/virtualenv/activation/batch/activate.bat b/src/virtualenv/activation/batch/activate.bat
index 8186917fe..49657e267 100644
--- a/src/virtualenv/activation/batch/activate.bat
+++ b/src/virtualenv/activation/batch/activate.bat
@@ -34,4 +34,3 @@ if defined _OLD_VIRTUAL_PATH goto ENDIFVPATH2
 
 set "PATH=%VIRTUAL_ENV%\__BIN_NAME__;%PATH%"
 
-doskey pydoc=python -m pydoc
diff --git a/tests/unit/activation/conftest.py b/tests/unit/activation/conftest.py
index 34a49c18c..1238d6221 100644
--- a/tests/unit/activation/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/unit/activation/conftest.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def _get_test_lines(self, activate_script):
             self.print_python_exe(),
             self.print_os_env_var("VIRTUAL_ENV"),
             # \\ loads documentation from the virtualenv site packages
-            "pydoc -w pydoc_test",
+            "python -m pydoc -w pydoc_test",
             self.deactivate,
             self.print_python_exe(),
             self.print_os_env_var("VIRTUAL_ENV"),