diff --git a/src/bitcoin-cli.cpp b/src/bitcoin-cli.cpp
index 56f2a906b5..279aa89e88 100644
--- a/src/bitcoin-cli.cpp
+++ b/src/bitcoin-cli.cpp
@@ -1328,10 +1328,6 @@ static int CommandLineRPC(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 MAIN_FUNCTION
 {
-#ifdef WIN32
-    common::WinCmdLineArgs winArgs;
-    std::tie(argc, argv) = winArgs.get();
-#endif
     SetupEnvironment();
     if (!SetupNetworking()) {
         tfm::format(std::cerr, "Error: Initializing networking failed\n");
diff --git a/src/bitcoin-wallet.cpp b/src/bitcoin-wallet.cpp
index c8715231ea..6811f8c5ea 100644
--- a/src/bitcoin-wallet.cpp
+++ b/src/bitcoin-wallet.cpp
@@ -94,10 +94,6 @@ static std::optional<int> WalletAppInit(ArgsManager& args, int argc, char* argv[
 MAIN_FUNCTION
 {
     ArgsManager& args = gArgs;
-#ifdef WIN32
-    common::WinCmdLineArgs winArgs;
-    std::tie(argc, argv) = winArgs.get();
-#endif
 
     int exit_status;
     std::unique_ptr<interfaces::Init> init = interfaces::MakeWalletInit(argc, argv, exit_status);
diff --git a/src/bitcoind.cpp b/src/bitcoind.cpp
index a4373dafdf..37cacb2a7e 100644
--- a/src/bitcoind.cpp
+++ b/src/bitcoind.cpp
@@ -259,11 +259,6 @@ static bool AppInit(NodeContext& node)
 
 MAIN_FUNCTION
 {
-#ifdef WIN32
-    common::WinCmdLineArgs winArgs;
-    std::tie(argc, argv) = winArgs.get();
-#endif
-
     NodeContext node;
     int exit_status;
     std::unique_ptr<interfaces::Init> init = interfaces::MakeNodeInit(node, argc, argv, exit_status);
diff --git a/src/common/args.cpp b/src/common/args.cpp
index d44cd4319b..50b990291f 100644
--- a/src/common/args.cpp
+++ b/src/common/args.cpp
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
 #include <util/string.h>
 
 #ifdef WIN32
-#include <codecvt>
-#include <shellapi.h>
 #include <shlobj.h>
 #endif
 
@@ -879,30 +877,3 @@ void ArgsManager::LogArgs() const
     }
     logArgsPrefix("Command-line arg:", "", m_settings.command_line_options);
 }
-
-namespace common {
-#ifdef WIN32
-WinCmdLineArgs::WinCmdLineArgs()
-{
-    wchar_t** wargv = CommandLineToArgvW(GetCommandLineW(), &argc);
-    std::wstring_convert<std::codecvt_utf8_utf16<wchar_t>, wchar_t> utf8_cvt;
-    argv = new char*[argc];
-    args.resize(argc);
-    for (int i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
-        args[i] = utf8_cvt.to_bytes(wargv[i]);
-        argv[i] = &*args[i].begin();
-    }
-    LocalFree(wargv);
-}
-
-WinCmdLineArgs::~WinCmdLineArgs()
-{
-    delete[] argv;
-}
-
-std::pair<int, char**> WinCmdLineArgs::get()
-{
-    return std::make_pair(argc, argv);
-}
-#endif
-} // namespace common
diff --git a/src/common/args.h b/src/common/args.h
index d907ad7663..1b9233ec75 100644
--- a/src/common/args.h
+++ b/src/common/args.h
@@ -480,21 +480,4 @@ std::string HelpMessageGroup(const std::string& message);
  */
 std::string HelpMessageOpt(const std::string& option, const std::string& message);
 
-namespace common {
-#ifdef WIN32
-class WinCmdLineArgs
-{
-public:
-    WinCmdLineArgs();
-    ~WinCmdLineArgs();
-    std::pair<int, char**> get();
-
-private:
-    int argc;
-    char** argv;
-    std::vector<std::string> args;
-};
-#endif
-} // namespace common
-
 #endif // BITCOIN_COMMON_ARGS_H
diff --git a/src/qt/bitcoin.cpp b/src/qt/bitcoin.cpp
index fe552a574a..59e74f9263 100644
--- a/src/qt/bitcoin.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/bitcoin.cpp
@@ -478,11 +478,6 @@ static void SetupUIArgs(ArgsManager& argsman)
 
 int GuiMain(int argc, char* argv[])
 {
-#ifdef WIN32
-    common::WinCmdLineArgs winArgs;
-    std::tie(argc, argv) = winArgs.get();
-#endif
-
     std::unique_ptr<interfaces::Init> init = interfaces::MakeGuiInit(argc, argv);
 
     SetupEnvironment();