diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e197450b..da1de39a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1242,7 +1242,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "web-sys",
  "web-time",
  "wgpu",
- "winapi",
  "windows-sys 0.59.0",
  "winit",
 ]
diff --git a/crates/eframe/Cargo.toml b/crates/eframe/Cargo.toml
index f1146058..b95a8eb6 100644
--- a/crates/eframe/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/eframe/Cargo.toml
@@ -192,11 +192,12 @@ objc2-app-kit = { version = "0.2.0", default-features = false, features = [
 
 # windows:
 [target.'cfg(any(target_os = "windows"))'.dependencies]
-winapi = { version = "0.3.9", features = ["winuser"] }
 windows-sys = { workspace = true, features = [
   "Win32_Foundation",
-  "Win32_UI_Shell",
   "Win32_System_Com",
+  "Win32_UI_Input_KeyboardAndMouse",
+  "Win32_UI_Shell",
+  "Win32_UI_WindowsAndMessaging",
 ] }
 
 # -------------------------------------------
diff --git a/crates/eframe/src/native/app_icon.rs b/crates/eframe/src/native/app_icon.rs
index b94d8f83..7e04f1df 100644
--- a/crates/eframe/src/native/app_icon.rs
+++ b/crates/eframe/src/native/app_icon.rs
@@ -80,7 +80,11 @@ fn set_title_and_icon(_title: &str, _icon_data: Option<&IconData>) -> AppIconSta
 #[expect(unsafe_code)]
 fn set_app_icon_windows(icon_data: &IconData) -> AppIconStatus {
     use crate::icon_data::IconDataExt as _;
-    use winapi::um::winuser;
+    use windows_sys::Win32::UI::Input::KeyboardAndMouse::GetActiveWindow;
+    use windows_sys::Win32::UI::WindowsAndMessaging::{
+        CreateIconFromResourceEx, GetSystemMetrics, HICON, ICON_BIG, ICON_SMALL, LR_DEFAULTCOLOR,
+        SM_CXICON, SM_CXSMICON, SendMessageW, WM_SETICON,
+    };
 
     // We would get fairly far already with winit's `set_window_icon` (which is exposed to eframe) actually!
     // However, it only sets ICON_SMALL, i.e. doesn't allow us to set a higher resolution icon for the task bar.
@@ -92,16 +96,13 @@ fn set_app_icon_windows(icon_data: &IconData) -> AppIconStatus {
     //      * using undocumented SetConsoleIcon method (successfully queried via GetProcAddress)
 
     // SAFETY: WinApi function without side-effects.
-    let window_handle = unsafe { winuser::GetActiveWindow() };
+    let window_handle = unsafe { GetActiveWindow() };
     if window_handle.is_null() {
         // The Window isn't available yet. Try again later!
         return AppIconStatus::NotSetTryAgain;
     }
 
-    fn create_hicon_with_scale(
-        unscaled_image: &image::RgbaImage,
-        target_size: i32,
-    ) -> winapi::shared::windef::HICON {
+    fn create_hicon_with_scale(unscaled_image: &image::RgbaImage, target_size: i32) -> HICON {
         let image_scaled = image::imageops::resize(
             unscaled_image,
             target_size as _,
@@ -127,14 +128,14 @@ fn set_app_icon_windows(icon_data: &IconData) -> AppIconStatus {
 
         // SAFETY: Creating an HICON which should be readonly on our data.
         unsafe {
-            winuser::CreateIconFromResourceEx(
+            CreateIconFromResourceEx(
                 image_scaled_bytes.as_mut_ptr(),
                 image_scaled_bytes.len() as u32,
                 1,           // Means this is an icon, not a cursor.
                 0x00030000,  // Version number of the HICON
                 target_size, // Note that this method can scale, but it does so *very* poorly. So let's avoid that!
                 target_size,
-                winuser::LR_DEFAULTCOLOR,
+                LR_DEFAULTCOLOR,
             )
         }
     }
@@ -155,7 +156,7 @@ fn set_app_icon_windows(icon_data: &IconData) -> AppIconStatus {
     // Note that ICON_SMALL may be used even if we don't render a title bar as it may be used in alt+tab!
     {
         // SAFETY: WinAPI getter function with no known side effects.
-        let icon_size_big = unsafe { winuser::GetSystemMetrics(winuser::SM_CXICON) };
+        let icon_size_big = unsafe { GetSystemMetrics(SM_CXICON) };
         let icon_big = create_hicon_with_scale(&unscaled_image, icon_size_big);
         if icon_big.is_null() {
             log::warn!("Failed to create HICON (for big icon) from embedded png data.");
@@ -163,10 +164,10 @@ fn set_app_icon_windows(icon_data: &IconData) -> AppIconStatus {
         } else {
             // SAFETY: Unsafe WinApi function, takes objects previously created with WinAPI, all checked for null prior.
             unsafe {
-                winuser::SendMessageW(
+                SendMessageW(
                     window_handle,
-                    winuser::WM_SETICON,
-                    winuser::ICON_BIG as usize,
+                    WM_SETICON,
+                    ICON_BIG as usize,
                     icon_big as isize,
                 );
             }
@@ -174,7 +175,7 @@ fn set_app_icon_windows(icon_data: &IconData) -> AppIconStatus {
     }
     {
         // SAFETY: WinAPI getter function with no known side effects.
-        let icon_size_small = unsafe { winuser::GetSystemMetrics(winuser::SM_CXSMICON) };
+        let icon_size_small = unsafe { GetSystemMetrics(SM_CXSMICON) };
         let icon_small = create_hicon_with_scale(&unscaled_image, icon_size_small);
         if icon_small.is_null() {
             log::warn!("Failed to create HICON (for small icon) from embedded png data.");
@@ -182,10 +183,10 @@ fn set_app_icon_windows(icon_data: &IconData) -> AppIconStatus {
         } else {
             // SAFETY: Unsafe WinApi function, takes objects previously created with WinAPI, all checked for null prior.
             unsafe {
-                winuser::SendMessageW(
+                SendMessageW(
                     window_handle,
-                    winuser::WM_SETICON,
-                    winuser::ICON_SMALL as usize,
+                    WM_SETICON,
+                    ICON_SMALL as usize,
                     icon_small as isize,
                 );
             }