diff --git a/lib/std/os/windows/kernel32.zig b/lib/std/os/windows/kernel32.zig
index 3d72b6f1a2..d7c9625bda 100644
--- a/lib/std/os/windows/kernel32.zig
+++ b/lib/std/os/windows/kernel32.zig
@@ -161,9 +161,6 @@ pub extern "kernel32" fn FormatMessageW(dwFlags: DWORD, lpSource: ?LPVOID, dwMes
 
 pub extern "kernel32" fn FreeEnvironmentStringsW(penv: [*:0]u16) callconv(WINAPI) BOOL;
 
-pub extern "kernel32" fn GetCommandLineA() callconv(WINAPI) LPSTR;
-pub extern "kernel32" fn GetCommandLineW() callconv(WINAPI) LPWSTR;
-
 pub extern "kernel32" fn GetConsoleMode(in_hConsoleHandle: HANDLE, out_lpMode: *DWORD) callconv(WINAPI) BOOL;
 pub extern "kernel32" fn SetConsoleMode(in_hConsoleHandle: HANDLE, in_dwMode: DWORD) callconv(WINAPI) BOOL;
 
diff --git a/lib/std/process.zig b/lib/std/process.zig
index be8576442d..434e0fbbcc 100644
--- a/lib/std/process.zig
+++ b/lib/std/process.zig
@@ -1150,8 +1150,9 @@ pub const ArgIterator = struct {
             return ArgIterator{ .inner = try InnerType.init(allocator) };
         }
         if (native_os == .windows) {
-            const cmd_line_w = windows.kernel32.GetCommandLineW();
-            return ArgIterator{ .inner = try InnerType.init(allocator, cmd_line_w) };
+            const cmd_line = std.os.windows.peb().ProcessParameters.CommandLine;
+            const cmd_line_w = cmd_line.Buffer.?[0 .. cmd_line.Length / 2 :0];
+            return ArgIterator{ .inner = try InnerType.init(allocator, cmd_line_w.ptr) };
         }
 
         return ArgIterator{ .inner = InnerType.init() };