diff --git a/accel/tcg/tcg-accel-ops-mttcg.c b/accel/tcg/tcg-accel-ops-mttcg.c
index b320ff0037..b276262007 100644
--- a/accel/tcg/tcg-accel-ops-mttcg.c
+++ b/accel/tcg/tcg-accel-ops-mttcg.c
@@ -152,8 +152,4 @@ void mttcg_start_vcpu_thread(CPUState *cpu)
 
     qemu_thread_create(cpu->thread, thread_name, mttcg_cpu_thread_fn,
                        cpu, QEMU_THREAD_JOINABLE);
-
-#ifdef _WIN32
-    cpu->hThread = qemu_thread_get_handle(cpu->thread);
-#endif
 }
diff --git a/accel/tcg/tcg-accel-ops-rr.c b/accel/tcg/tcg-accel-ops-rr.c
index 23e4d0f452..2d523289a8 100644
--- a/accel/tcg/tcg-accel-ops-rr.c
+++ b/accel/tcg/tcg-accel-ops-rr.c
@@ -329,9 +329,6 @@ void rr_start_vcpu_thread(CPUState *cpu)
 
         single_tcg_halt_cond = cpu->halt_cond;
         single_tcg_cpu_thread = cpu->thread;
-#ifdef _WIN32
-        cpu->hThread = qemu_thread_get_handle(cpu->thread);
-#endif
     } else {
         /* we share the thread */
         cpu->thread = single_tcg_cpu_thread;
diff --git a/target/i386/whpx/whpx-accel-ops.c b/target/i386/whpx/whpx-accel-ops.c
index e8dc4b3a47..67cad86720 100644
--- a/target/i386/whpx/whpx-accel-ops.c
+++ b/target/i386/whpx/whpx-accel-ops.c
@@ -71,9 +71,6 @@ static void whpx_start_vcpu_thread(CPUState *cpu)
              cpu->cpu_index);
     qemu_thread_create(cpu->thread, thread_name, whpx_cpu_thread_fn,
                        cpu, QEMU_THREAD_JOINABLE);
-#ifdef _WIN32
-    cpu->hThread = qemu_thread_get_handle(cpu->thread);
-#endif
 }
 
 static void whpx_kick_vcpu_thread(CPUState *cpu)