diff --git a/src/core/windows.cpp b/src/core/windows.cpp
index 6daec55..685f515 100755
--- a/src/core/windows.cpp
+++ b/src/core/windows.cpp
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@
 // Typically, you’d define this ID in a "resource.h" file and include it in both "icon.rc" and this file
 // However, I want to avoid any platform-specific files whenever possible
 
-#include <locale>     // for setlocale, LC_ALL
-#include <optional>   // for std::optional, std::nullopt
-#include <string>     // for std::string
-#include <windows.h>  // for SetConsoleCP, SetConsoleOutputCP, GetLastError, HWND, HICON, LoadIcon, GetModuleHandle, MAKEINTRESOURCE, SendMessage, WM_SETICON, ICON_BIG, ICON_SMALL, LPARAM
+#include <optional>  // for std::optional, std::nullopt
+#include <string>    // for std::string
+
+#include <windows.h>  // for HWND, HICON, LoadIcon, GetModuleHandle, MAKEINTRESOURCE, GetLastError, SendMessage, WM_SETICON, ICON_BIG, ICON_SMALL, LPARAM
 
 #include <SFML/Window.hpp>
 #include <fmt/core.h>
@@ -22,18 +22,6 @@
 
 namespace core::windows {
 
-std::optional<std::string> setup_utf8_console()
-{
-    if (!SetConsoleCP(CP_UTF8) || !SetConsoleOutputCP(CP_UTF8)) {
-        return fmt::format("Failed to set UTF-8 code page: {}", GetLastError());
-    }
-
-    if (!setlocale(LC_ALL, ".UTF8")) {
-        return "Failed to set UTF-8 locale";
-    }
-    return std::nullopt;
-}
-
 std::optional<std::string> setup_titlebar_icon(const sf::Window &window)
 {
     // Get the native window handle from the SFML window
diff --git a/src/core/windows.hpp b/src/core/windows.hpp
index a543504..c46e157 100644
--- a/src/core/windows.hpp
+++ b/src/core/windows.hpp
@@ -15,13 +15,6 @@
 
 namespace core::windows {
 
-/**
- * @brief Setup UTF-8 input/output on Windows. Do nothing on other platforms.
- *
- * @return Error message if the setup failed, "std::nullopt" otherwise.
- */
-[[nodiscard]] std::optional<std::string> setup_utf8_console();
-
 /**
  * @brief Setup the titlebar icon on Windows using the embedded icon data (must be embedded by CMake).
  *
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 6b11366..df1f7e4 100755
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -6,12 +6,13 @@
 #include <exception>  // for std::exception
 
 #include <fmt/core.h>
-
-#include "app.hpp"
 #if defined(_WIN32)
-#include "core/windows.hpp"
+#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN  // Exclude rarely-used stuff from Windows headers
+#include <windows.h>         // for SetConsoleCP, SetConsoleOutputCP, CP_UTF8
 #endif
 
+#include "app.hpp"
+
 /**
  * @brief Entry-point of the application.
  *
@@ -19,16 +20,11 @@
  */
 int main()
 {
-    try {
-#if defined(_WIN32)
-        // Boilerplate to make Windows behave more like *nix
-
-        // Setup UTF-8 input/output and locale
-        if (const auto e = core::windows::setup_utf8_console(); e.has_value()) {
-            fmt::print(stderr, "Warning: {}\n", *e);
-        }
+#if defined(_WIN32)  // Setup UTF-8 input/output
+    SetConsoleCP(CP_UTF8);
+    SetConsoleOutputCP(CP_UTF8);
 #endif
-
+    try {
         // Run the app
         app::run();
     }
diff --git a/tests/test_all.cpp b/tests/test_all.cpp
index d4a9891..e810fc0 100644
--- a/tests/test_all.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_all.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
 #include "core/string.hpp"
 #include "modules/vocabulary.hpp"
 #if defined(_WIN32)
-#include "core/windows.hpp"
+#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN  // Exclude rarely-used stuff from Windows headers
+#include <windows.h>         // for SetConsoleCP, SetConsoleOutputCP, CP_UTF8
 #endif
 
 namespace test_assets {
@@ -53,11 +54,9 @@ namespace test_vocabulary {
 int main(int argc,
          char **argv)
 {
-#if defined(_WIN32)
-    // Setup UTF-8 input/output on Windows (does nothing on other platforms)
-    if (const auto e = core::windows::setup_utf8_console(); e.has_value()) {
-        fmt::print(stderr, "Warning: {}\n", *e);
-    }
+#if defined(_WIN32)  // Setup UTF-8 input/output
+    SetConsoleCP(CP_UTF8);
+    SetConsoleOutputCP(CP_UTF8);
 #endif
 
     // Define the formatted help message