diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 765bdc552..481fd855d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -977,7 +977,6 @@ elseif(WIN32)
         src/detection/btrfs/btrfs_nosupport.c
         src/detection/chassis/chassis_windows.c
         src/detection/cpu/cpu_windows.c
-        src/detection/cpu/cpu_windows.cpp
         src/detection/cpucache/cpucache_windows.c
         src/detection/cpuusage/cpuusage_windows.c
         src/detection/cursor/cursor_windows.c
@@ -1590,6 +1589,7 @@ elseif(WIN32)
         PRIVATE "winbrand"
         PRIVATE "propsys"
         PRIVATE "secur32"
+        PRIVATE "pdh"
     )
 elseif(FreeBSD)
     target_link_libraries(libfastfetch
diff --git a/src/detection/cpu/cpu_windows.c b/src/detection/cpu/cpu_windows.c
index 32c31768d..2f6a703b4 100644
--- a/src/detection/cpu/cpu_windows.c
+++ b/src/detection/cpu/cpu_windows.c
@@ -4,6 +4,46 @@
 #include "util/mallocHelper.h"
 #include "util/smbiosHelper.h"
 
+#include <pdh.h>
+
+static void ffPdhOpenCloseQuery(HQUERY* query)
+{
+    assert(query);
+    if (*query)
+    {
+        PdhCloseQuery(*query);
+        *query = NULL;
+    }
+}
+
+static const char* detectThermalTemp(double* result)
+{
+    // typeperf.exe -sc 1 "\Thermal Zone Information(*)\Temperature"
+
+    __attribute__((__cleanup__(ffPdhOpenCloseQuery))) HQUERY query = NULL;
+
+    if (PdhOpenQuery(NULL, 0, &query) != ERROR_SUCCESS)
+        return "Failed to open PDH query";
+
+    HCOUNTER counter = NULL;
+    if (PdhAddEnglishCounter(query,
+        L"\\Thermal Zone Information(*)\\Temperature",
+        0,
+        &counter) != ERROR_SUCCESS)
+        return "Failed to add TZI temperature counter";
+
+    if (PdhCollectQueryData(query) != ERROR_SUCCESS)
+        return "Failed to collect query data";
+
+    PDH_FMT_COUNTERVALUE value;
+    if (PdhGetFormattedCounterValue(counter, PDH_FMT_DOUBLE, NULL, &value) != ERROR_SUCCESS)
+        return "Failed to format counter value";
+
+    *result = value.doubleValue - 273;
+
+    return NULL;
+}
+
 // 7.5
 typedef struct FFSmbiosProcessorInfo
 {
@@ -165,8 +205,6 @@ static const char* detectCoreTypes(FFCPUResult* cpu)
     return NULL;
 }
 
-const char* detectThermalTemp(double* current, double* critical);
-
 const char* ffDetectCPUImpl(const FFCPUOptions* options, FFCPUResult* cpu)
 {
     detectNCores(cpu);
@@ -182,7 +220,7 @@ const char* ffDetectCPUImpl(const FFCPUOptions* options, FFCPUResult* cpu)
         detectMaxSpeedBySmbios(cpu);
 
     if(options->temp)
-        detectThermalTemp(&cpu->temperature, NULL);
+        detectThermalTemp(&cpu->temperature);
 
     return NULL;
 }
diff --git a/src/detection/cpu/cpu_windows.cpp b/src/detection/cpu/cpu_windows.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 85b3ee084..000000000
--- a/src/detection/cpu/cpu_windows.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-#include "util/windows/wmi.hpp"
-
-extern "C"
-const char* detectThermalTemp(double* current, double* critical)
-{
-    // Requires Administrator privileges
-    // https://wutils.com/wmi/root/wmi/msacpi_thermalzonetemperature/#properties
-    FFWmiQuery query(L"SELECT CurrentTemperature, CriticalTripPoint FROM MSAcpi_ThermalZoneTemperature WHERE Active = TRUE", nullptr, FFWmiNamespace::WMI);
-    if(!query)
-        return "Query WMI service failed";
-
-    if(FFWmiRecord record = query.next())
-    {
-        if (current)
-        {
-            if(auto vtCurrent = record.get(L"CurrentTemperature"))
-                *current = vtCurrent.get<int32_t>() / 10 - 273.15; // In tenth of degrees Kelvin
-            else
-                *current = 0.0/0.0;
-        }
-
-        if (critical)
-        {
-            if(auto vtCritical = record.get(L"CriticalTripPoint"))
-                *critical = vtCritical.get<int32_t>() / 10 - 273.15; // In tenth of degrees Kelvin
-            else
-                *critical = 0.0/0.0;
-        }
-
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    return "No WMI result returned";
-}