diff --git a/targets/java/src/InputOutputStream/FileInputStream.cpp b/targets/java/src/InputOutputStream/FileInputStream.cpp
index 1522fdb58..a6d8d93a7 100644
--- a/targets/java/src/InputOutputStream/FileInputStream.cpp
+++ b/targets/java/src/InputOutputStream/FileInputStream.cpp
@@ -49,13 +49,9 @@ bool FileSeek(std::FILE* file, int64_t offset, int origin) {
 // SecurityException - if a security manager exists and its checkRead method
 // denies read access to the file.
 FileInputStream::FileInputStream(const File& file) : m_fileHandle(nullptr) {
-#if defined(_WIN32)
-    m_fileHandle = _wfopen(file.getPath().c_str(), "rb");
-#else
     const std::string nativePath =
         std::filesystem::path(file.getPath()).string();
     m_fileHandle = std::fopen(nativePath.c_str(), "rb");
-#endif
 
     if (m_fileHandle == nullptr) {
         assert(0);
diff --git a/targets/java/src/InputOutputStream/FileOutputStream.cpp b/targets/java/src/InputOutputStream/FileOutputStream.cpp
index 82db3bbac..ae8971a52 100644
--- a/targets/java/src/InputOutputStream/FileOutputStream.cpp
+++ b/targets/java/src/InputOutputStream/FileOutputStream.cpp
@@ -26,13 +26,9 @@ FileOutputStream::FileOutputStream(const File& file) : m_fileHandle(nullptr) {
         return;
     }
 
-#if defined(_WIN32)
-    m_fileHandle = _wfopen(file.getPath().c_str(), "wb");
-#else
     const std::string nativePath =
         std::filesystem::path(file.getPath()).string();
     m_fileHandle = std::fopen(nativePath.c_str(), "wb");
-#endif
 
     if (m_fileHandle == nullptr) {
         // TODO 4J Stu - Any form of error/exception handling
diff --git a/targets/minecraft/world/level/chunk/storage/NbtSlotFile.cpp b/targets/minecraft/world/level/chunk/storage/NbtSlotFile.cpp
index 325ba6ced..651032e1b 100644
--- a/targets/minecraft/world/level/chunk/storage/NbtSlotFile.cpp
+++ b/targets/minecraft/world/level/chunk/storage/NbtSlotFile.cpp
@@ -6,19 +6,12 @@
 
 namespace {
 std::FILE* OpenBinaryFileForReadWrite(const File& file) {
-#if defined(_WIN32)
-    std::FILE* stream = _wfopen(file.getPath().c_str(), "r+b");
-    if (stream == nullptr) {
-        stream = _wfopen(file.getPath().c_str(), "w+b");
-    }
-#else
     const std::string nativePath =
         std::filesystem::path(file.getPath()).string();
     std::FILE* stream = std::fopen(nativePath.c_str(), "r+b");
     if (stream == nullptr) {
         stream = std::fopen(nativePath.c_str(), "w+b");
     }
-#endif
     return stream;
 }
 
diff --git a/targets/minecraft/world/level/chunk/storage/ZoneFile.cpp b/targets/minecraft/world/level/chunk/storage/ZoneFile.cpp
index cbf5e30ed..43ed2cece 100644
--- a/targets/minecraft/world/level/chunk/storage/ZoneFile.cpp
+++ b/targets/minecraft/world/level/chunk/storage/ZoneFile.cpp
@@ -7,19 +7,12 @@
 
 namespace {
 std::FILE* OpenBinaryFileForReadWrite(const File& file) {
-#if defined(_WIN32)
-    std::FILE* stream = _wfopen(file.getPath().c_str(), "r+b");
-    if (stream == nullptr) {
-        stream = _wfopen(file.getPath().c_str(), "w+b");
-    }
-#else
     const std::string nativePath =
         std::filesystem::path(file.getPath()).string();
     std::FILE* stream = std::fopen(nativePath.c_str(), "r+b");
     if (stream == nullptr) {
         stream = std::fopen(nativePath.c_str(), "w+b");
     }
-#endif
     return stream;
 }
 }  // namespace