diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 952e5a0f89834..f58ac4ff0f09e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1075,7 +1075,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "smallvec",
  "smartstring",
  "textwrap",
- "toml 0.7.6",
+ "toml",
  "tree-sitter",
  "unicode-general-category",
  "unicode-segmentation",
@@ -1119,7 +1119,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "tempfile",
  "threadpool",
- "toml 0.7.6",
+ "toml",
  "tree-sitter",
  "which",
 ]
@@ -1187,10 +1187,9 @@ dependencies = [
  "tempfile",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-stream",
- "toml 0.7.6",
+ "toml",
  "url",
  "which",
- "winres",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1253,7 +1252,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "slotmap",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-stream",
- "toml 0.7.6",
+ "toml",
  "url",
  "which",
 ]
@@ -2141,15 +2140,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "toml"
-version = "0.5.11"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f4f7f0dd8d50a853a531c426359045b1998f04219d88799810762cd4ad314234"
-dependencies = [
- "serde",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "toml"
 version = "0.7.6"
@@ -2610,15 +2600,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "winres"
-version = "0.1.12"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b68db261ef59e9e52806f688020631e987592bd83619edccda9c47d42cde4f6c"
-dependencies = [
- "toml 0.5.11",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "xtask"
 version = "23.10.0"
@@ -2627,7 +2608,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "helix-loader",
  "helix-term",
  "helix-view",
- "toml 0.7.6",
+ "toml",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/contrib/helix-256p.ico b/contrib/helix-icon-windows.lib
similarity index 98%
rename from contrib/helix-256p.ico
rename to contrib/helix-icon-windows.lib
index f95d653c37aff..faaf44ee87054 100644
Binary files a/contrib/helix-256p.ico and b/contrib/helix-icon-windows.lib differ
diff --git a/contrib/helix-windows.rc b/contrib/helix-windows.rc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..864aeba321fed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/helix-windows.rc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+APPICON ICON helix256p.ico
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/helix-term/Cargo.toml b/helix-term/Cargo.toml
index f9c2b9df03ba6..4ff7fc0b1798c 100644
--- a/helix-term/Cargo.toml
+++ b/helix-term/Cargo.toml
@@ -81,10 +81,6 @@ crossterm = { version = "0.27", features = ["event-stream", "use-dev-tty"] }
 [build-dependencies]
 helix-loader = { path = "../helix-loader" }
 
-[target.'cfg(windows)'.build-dependencies]
-# winres to inject icon into Windows binary
-winres = "0.1.12"
-
 [dev-dependencies]
 smallvec = "1.11"
 indoc = "2.0.4"
diff --git a/helix-term/build.rs b/helix-term/build.rs
index f805c6c345449..7986cf8260066 100644
--- a/helix-term/build.rs
+++ b/helix-term/build.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-extern crate winres;
-
 use helix_loader::grammar::{build_grammars, fetch_grammars};
 
 fn main() {
@@ -9,8 +7,6 @@ fn main() {
             .expect("Failed to compile tree-sitter grammars");
     }
     if cfg!(target_os = "windows") {
-        let mut res = winres::WindowsResource::new();
-        res.set_icon("../contrib/helix-256p.ico");
-        res.compile().unwrap();
+        println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=./contrib/helix-icon-windows");
     }
 }