diff --git a/src/platform_impl/windows/util.rs b/src/platform_impl/windows/util.rs
index 6c65c1614..0a5b3954e 100644
--- a/src/platform_impl/windows/util.rs
+++ b/src/platform_impl/windows/util.rs
@@ -257,7 +257,6 @@ impl CursorIcon {
 pub(super) fn get_function_impl(library: &str, function: &str) -> FARPROC {
   let library = encode_wide(library);
   assert_eq!(function.chars().last(), Some('\0'));
-  let function = PCSTR::from_raw(function.as_ptr());
 
   // Library names we will use are ASCII so we can use the A version to avoid string conversion.
   let module = unsafe { LoadLibraryW(PCWSTR::from_raw(library.as_ptr())) }.unwrap_or_default();