diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5a6683df8..06c6af5c6 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -857,7 +857,7 @@ elseif(WIN32)
         src/detection/physicalmemory/physicalmemory_linux.c
         src/detection/netio/netio_windows.c
         src/detection/opengl/opengl_windows.c
-        src/detection/os/os_windows.cpp
+        src/detection/os/os_windows.c
         src/detection/packages/packages_windows.c
         src/detection/poweradapter/poweradapter_nosupport.c
         src/detection/processes/processes_windows.c
@@ -1315,6 +1315,7 @@ elseif(WIN32)
         PRIVATE "wtsapi32"
         PRIVATE "imagehlp"
         PRIVATE "cfgmgr32"
+        PRIVATE "winbrand"
     )
 elseif(FreeBSD)
     target_link_libraries(libfastfetch
diff --git a/src/detection/os/os_windows.cpp b/src/detection/os/os_windows.c
similarity index 65%
rename from src/detection/os/os_windows.cpp
rename to src/detection/os/os_windows.c
index ef93ff40c..dda2004c5 100644
--- a/src/detection/os/os_windows.cpp
+++ b/src/detection/os/os_windows.c
@@ -1,51 +1,18 @@
-extern "C" {
 #include "os.h"
 #include "common/library.h"
-}
-#include "util/windows/unicode.hpp"
-#include "util/windows/wmi.hpp"
+#include "util/windows/unicode.h"
 #include "util/stringUtils.h"
 
-static const char* getOsNameByWmi(FFstrbuf* osName)
-{
-    FFWmiQuery query(L"SELECT Caption FROM Win32_OperatingSystem");
-    if(!query)
-        return "Query WMI service failed";
-
-    if(FFWmiRecord record = query.next())
-    {
-        if(auto vtCaption = record.get(L"Caption"))
-        {
-            ffStrbufSetWSV(osName, vtCaption.get<std::wstring_view>());
-            ffStrbufTrimRight(osName, ' ');
-            return NULL;
-        }
-        return "Get Caption failed";
-    }
-
-    return "No WMI result returned";
-}
+#include <windows.h>
 
 PWSTR WINAPI BrandingFormatString(PCWSTR format);
 
-static const char* getOsNameByWinbrand(FFstrbuf* osName)
-{
-    //https://dennisbabkin.com/blog/?t=how-to-tell-the-real-version-of-windows-your-app-is-running-on#ver_string
-    FF_LIBRARY_LOAD(winbrand, "dlopen winbrand" FF_LIBRARY_EXTENSION " failed", "winbrand" FF_LIBRARY_EXTENSION, 1);
-    FF_LIBRARY_LOAD_SYMBOL_MESSAGE(winbrand, BrandingFormatString);
-
-    const wchar_t* rawName = ffBrandingFormatString(L"%WINDOWS_LONG%");
-    ffStrbufSetWS(osName, rawName);
-    GlobalFree((HGLOBAL)rawName);
-    return NULL;
-}
-
-extern "C"
 void ffDetectOSImpl(FFOSResult* os)
 {
-    if(getOsNameByWinbrand(&os->variant) && getOsNameByWmi(&os->variant))
-        return;
-
+    //https://dennisbabkin.com/blog/?t=how-to-tell-the-real-version-of-windows-your-app-is-running-on#ver_string
+    const wchar_t* rawName = BrandingFormatString(L"%WINDOWS_LONG%");
+    ffStrbufSetWS(&os->variant, rawName);
+    GlobalFree((HGLOBAL)rawName);
     ffStrbufTrimRight(&os->variant, ' ');
 
     //WMI returns the "Microsoft" prefix while BrandingFormatString doesn't. Make them consistent.