diff --git a/src/borg/platform/linux.pyx b/src/borg/platform/linux.pyx
index 2143ea57..29948baa 100644
--- a/src/borg/platform/linux.pyx
+++ b/src/borg/platform/linux.pyx
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ def _is_WSL():
         return False
 
 
-if _is_WSL():
+if True:
     class SyncFile(BaseSyncFile):
         # if we are on Microsoft's "Windows Subsytem for Linux", use the
         # more generic BaseSyncFile to avoid issues like seen there: