diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f2be4d558..ec4525a57 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1020,6 +1020,7 @@ elseif(WIN32)
         src/common/windows/registry.c
         src/common/windows/unicode.c
         src/common/windows/wmi.cpp
+        src/common/windows/variant.cpp
         src/common/windows/version.c
         src/detection/battery/battery_windows.c
         src/detection/bios/bios_windows.c
@@ -1735,7 +1736,6 @@ elseif(WIN32)
         PRIVATE "wtsapi32"
         PRIVATE "cfgmgr32"
         PRIVATE "winbrand"
-        PRIVATE "propsys"
         PRIVATE "secur32"
         PRIVATE "wintrust"
     )
diff --git a/src/common/windows/variant.cpp b/src/common/windows/variant.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fa3b9a0e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/windows/variant.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#include "variant.hpp"
+
+#include <oleauto.h>
+
+FFWmiVariant::FFWmiVariant(std::initializer_list<PCWSTR> strings): FFWmiVariant()
+{
+    SAFEARRAYBOUND bound = {
+        .cElements = (ULONG) strings.size(),
+        .lLbound = 0,
+    };
+    SAFEARRAY* psa = SafeArrayCreate(VT_BSTR, 1, &bound);
+
+    LONG i = 0;
+    for (PCWSTR str : strings) {
+        SafeArrayPutElement(psa, &i, bstr_t(str));
+        ++i;
+    }
+
+    this->vt = VT_ARRAY | VT_BSTR;
+    this->parray = psa;
+}
diff --git a/src/common/windows/variant.hpp b/src/common/windows/variant.hpp
index 84a471ff9..1fa8fd180 100644
--- a/src/common/windows/variant.hpp
+++ b/src/common/windows/variant.hpp
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <type_traits>
 #include <utility>
 #include <string_view>
+#include <cassert>
 
 template <typename TVariant>
 struct FFBaseVariant: TVariant
@@ -137,6 +138,7 @@ struct FFWmiVariant: FFBaseVariant<VARIANT>
     FFWmiVariant(const FFWmiVariant&) = delete;
     FFWmiVariant(FFWmiVariant&&); // don't define it to enforce NRVO optimization
     explicit FFWmiVariant() { VariantInit(this); }
+    explicit FFWmiVariant(std::initializer_list<PCWSTR> strings);
     ~FFWmiVariant() { VariantClear(this); }
 };
 static_assert(sizeof(FFWmiVariant) == sizeof(VARIANT), "");
@@ -149,3 +151,18 @@ struct FFPropVariant: FFBaseVariant<PROPVARIANT>
     ~FFPropVariant() { PropVariantClear(this); }
 };
 static_assert(sizeof(FFPropVariant) == sizeof(PROPVARIANT), "");
+
+namespace
+{
+    // Provide our bstr_t to avoid libstdc++ dependency
+    struct bstr_t
+    {
+        explicit bstr_t(const wchar_t* str) noexcept: _bstr(SysAllocString(str)) {}
+        ~bstr_t(void) noexcept { SysFreeString(_bstr); }
+        explicit operator const wchar_t*(void) const noexcept { return _bstr; }
+        operator BSTR(void) const noexcept { return _bstr; }
+
+        private:
+            BSTR _bstr;
+    };
+}
diff --git a/src/common/windows/wmi.hpp b/src/common/windows/wmi.hpp
index c506a8868..a72a72dcc 100644
--- a/src/common/windows/wmi.hpp
+++ b/src/common/windows/wmi.hpp
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ extern "C" {
 
 #include <initguid.h>
 #include <wbemidl.h>
-#include <cassert>
 
 #include "variant.hpp"
 
@@ -74,21 +73,6 @@ struct FFWmiQuery
     }
 };
 
-namespace
-{
-    // Provide our bstr_t to avoid libstdc++ dependency
-    struct bstr_t
-    {
-        explicit bstr_t(const wchar_t* str) noexcept: _bstr(SysAllocString(str)) {}
-        ~bstr_t(void) noexcept { SysFreeString(_bstr); }
-        explicit operator const wchar_t*(void) const noexcept { return _bstr; }
-        operator BSTR(void) const noexcept { return _bstr; }
-
-        private:
-            BSTR _bstr;
-    };
-}
-
 #else
     // Win32 COM headers requires C++ compiler
     #error Must be included in C++ source file
diff --git a/src/detection/bluetooth/bluetooth_windows.cpp b/src/detection/bluetooth/bluetooth_windows.cpp
index b54882d61..3109037f4 100644
--- a/src/detection/bluetooth/bluetooth_windows.cpp
+++ b/src/detection/bluetooth/bluetooth_windows.cpp
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ extern "C"
 #include "common/windows/unicode.hpp"
 #include "common/windows/util.hpp"
 
-STDAPI InitVariantFromStringArray(_In_reads_(cElems) PCWSTR *prgsz, _In_ ULONG cElems, _Out_ VARIANT *pvar);
-
 extern "C"
 const char* ffBluetoothDetectBattery(FFlist* devices)
 {
@@ -27,13 +25,7 @@ const char* ffBluetoothDetectBattery(FFlist* devices)
         if (FAILED(pnpEntityClass->GetMethod(bstr_t(L"GetDeviceProperties"), 0, &pInParams, NULL)))
             return "Failed to get GetDeviceProperties method";
 
-        VARIANT devicePropertyKeys;
-        PCWSTR props[] = { L"{104EA319-6EE2-4701-BD47-8DDBF425BBE5} 2", L"DEVPKEY_Bluetooth_DeviceAddress" };
-
-        if (FAILED(InitVariantFromStringArray(props, ARRAY_SIZE(props), &devicePropertyKeys)))
-            return "Failed to init variant from string array";
-        on_scope_exit releaseDevicePropertyKeys([&] { VariantClear(&devicePropertyKeys); });
-
+        FFWmiVariant devicePropertyKeys({ L"{104EA319-6EE2-4701-BD47-8DDBF425BBE5} 2", L"DEVPKEY_Bluetooth_DeviceAddress" });
         if (FAILED(pInParams->Put(L"devicePropertyKeys", 0, &devicePropertyKeys, CIM_FLAG_ARRAY | CIM_STRING)))
             return "Failed to put devicePropertyKeys";
     }