diff --git a/limelight-common/Connection.c b/limelight-common/Connection.c
index 48162a2..7edc9df 100644
--- a/limelight-common/Connection.c
+++ b/limelight-common/Connection.c
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ struct sockaddr_storage RemoteAddr;
 SOCKADDR_LEN RemoteAddrLen;
 int ServerMajorVersion;
 STREAM_CONFIGURATION StreamConfig;
-PLATFORM_CALLBACKS PlatformCallbacks;
 CONNECTION_LISTENER_CALLBACKS ListenerCallbacks;
 DECODER_RENDERER_CALLBACKS VideoCallbacks;
 AUDIO_RENDERER_CALLBACKS AudioCallbacks;
@@ -119,11 +118,6 @@ static void ClInternalConnectionTerminated(long errorCode)
     originalTerminationCallback(errorCode);
 }
 
-void LiCompleteThreadStart(void)
-{
-	PltRunThreadProc();
-}
-
 static int resolveHostName(const char *host)
 {
     struct addrinfo hints, *res;
@@ -153,7 +147,7 @@ static int resolveHostName(const char *host)
 
 /* Starts the connection to the streaming machine */
 int LiStartConnection(const char* host, PSTREAM_CONFIGURATION streamConfig, PCONNECTION_LISTENER_CALLBACKS clCallbacks,
-	PDECODER_RENDERER_CALLBACKS drCallbacks, PAUDIO_RENDERER_CALLBACKS arCallbacks, PPLATFORM_CALLBACKS plCallbacks,
+	PDECODER_RENDERER_CALLBACKS drCallbacks, PAUDIO_RENDERER_CALLBACKS arCallbacks,
 	void* renderContext, int drFlags, int _serverMajorVersion) {
 	int err;
 
@@ -161,8 +155,7 @@ int LiStartConnection(const char* host, PSTREAM_CONFIGURATION streamConfig, PCON
     memcpy(&StreamConfig, streamConfig, sizeof(StreamConfig));
 
 	// Replace missing callbacks with placeholders
-	fixupMissingCallbacks(&drCallbacks, &arCallbacks, &clCallbacks, &plCallbacks);
-	memcpy(&PlatformCallbacks, plCallbacks, sizeof(PlatformCallbacks));
+	fixupMissingCallbacks(&drCallbacks, &arCallbacks, &clCallbacks);
     memcpy(&VideoCallbacks, drCallbacks, sizeof(VideoCallbacks));
     memcpy(&AudioCallbacks, arCallbacks, sizeof(AudioCallbacks));
 
diff --git a/limelight-common/FakeCallbacks.c b/limelight-common/FakeCallbacks.c
index f62290d..fdd04d7 100644
--- a/limelight-common/FakeCallbacks.c
+++ b/limelight-common/FakeCallbacks.c
@@ -38,16 +38,8 @@ static CONNECTION_LISTENER_CALLBACKS fakeClCallbacks = {
 	.displayTransientMessage = fakeClDisplayTransientMessage,
 };
 
-static void fakePlThreadStart(void) {}
-static void fakePlDebugPrint(char* string) {}
-
-static PLATFORM_CALLBACKS fakePlCallbacks = {
-	.threadStart = fakePlThreadStart,
-	.debugPrint = fakePlDebugPrint,
-};
-
 void fixupMissingCallbacks(PDECODER_RENDERER_CALLBACKS *drCallbacks, PAUDIO_RENDERER_CALLBACKS *arCallbacks,
-	PCONNECTION_LISTENER_CALLBACKS *clCallbacks, PPLATFORM_CALLBACKS *plCallbacks)
+	PCONNECTION_LISTENER_CALLBACKS *clCallbacks)
 {
 	if (*drCallbacks == NULL) {
 		*drCallbacks = &fakeDrCallbacks;
@@ -105,16 +97,4 @@ void fixupMissingCallbacks(PDECODER_RENDERER_CALLBACKS *drCallbacks, PAUDIO_REND
 			(*clCallbacks)->displayTransientMessage = fakeClDisplayTransientMessage;
 		}
 	}
-
-	if (*plCallbacks == NULL) {
-		*plCallbacks = &fakePlCallbacks;
-	}
-	else {
-		if ((*plCallbacks)->threadStart == NULL) {
-			(*plCallbacks)->threadStart = fakePlThreadStart;
-		}
-		if ((*plCallbacks)->debugPrint == NULL) {
-			(*plCallbacks)->debugPrint = fakePlDebugPrint;
-		}
-	}
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/limelight-common/Limelight-internal.h b/limelight-common/Limelight-internal.h
index d3baf9c..c4b865c 100644
--- a/limelight-common/Limelight-internal.h
+++ b/limelight-common/Limelight-internal.h
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ extern struct sockaddr_storage RemoteAddr;
 extern SOCKADDR_LEN RemoteAddrLen;
 extern int ServerMajorVersion;
 extern STREAM_CONFIGURATION StreamConfig;
-extern PLATFORM_CALLBACKS PlatformCallbacks;
 extern CONNECTION_LISTENER_CALLBACKS ListenerCallbacks;
 extern DECODER_RENDERER_CALLBACKS VideoCallbacks;
 extern AUDIO_RENDERER_CALLBACKS AudioCallbacks;
@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@ extern AUDIO_RENDERER_CALLBACKS AudioCallbacks;
 int isBeforeSignedInt(int numA, int numB, int ambiguousCase);
 
 void fixupMissingCallbacks(PDECODER_RENDERER_CALLBACKS *drCallbacks, PAUDIO_RENDERER_CALLBACKS *arCallbacks,
-	PCONNECTION_LISTENER_CALLBACKS *clCallbacks, PPLATFORM_CALLBACKS *plCallbacks);
+	PCONNECTION_LISTENER_CALLBACKS *clCallbacks);
 
 char* getSdpPayloadForStreamConfig(int rtspClientVersion, int *length);
 
diff --git a/limelight-common/Limelight.h b/limelight-common/Limelight.h
index 700e5f0..7ce3e35 100644
--- a/limelight-common/Limelight.h
+++ b/limelight-common/Limelight.h
@@ -132,19 +132,6 @@ typedef struct _CONNECTION_LISTENER_CALLBACKS {
 	ConnListenerDisplayTransientMessage displayTransientMessage;
 } CONNECTION_LISTENER_CALLBACKS, *PCONNECTION_LISTENER_CALLBACKS;
 
-// This is a Windows-only callback used to indicate that the client
-// should call LiCompleteThreadStart() from a new thread as soon as possible.
-typedef void(*PlatformThreadStart)(void);
-
-// This is a Windows-only callback used to display a debug message for
-// developer use.
-typedef void(*PlatformDebugPrint)(char* string);
-
-typedef struct _PLATFORM_CALLBACKS {
-	PlatformThreadStart threadStart;
-	PlatformDebugPrint debugPrint;
-} PLATFORM_CALLBACKS, *PPLATFORM_CALLBACKS;
-
 // This function begins streaming.
 //
 // Callbacks are all optional. Pass NULL for individual callbacks within each struct or pass NULL for the entire struct
@@ -153,8 +140,7 @@ typedef struct _PLATFORM_CALLBACKS {
 // _serverMajorVersion is the major version number of the 'appversion' tag in the /serverinfo request
 //
 int LiStartConnection(const char* host, PSTREAM_CONFIGURATION streamConfig, PCONNECTION_LISTENER_CALLBACKS clCallbacks,
-	PDECODER_RENDERER_CALLBACKS drCallbacks, PAUDIO_RENDERER_CALLBACKS arCallbacks, PPLATFORM_CALLBACKS plCallbacks,
-	void* renderContext, int drFlags, int _serverMajorVersion);
+	PDECODER_RENDERER_CALLBACKS drCallbacks, PAUDIO_RENDERER_CALLBACKS arCallbacks, void* renderContext, int drFlags, int _serverMajorVersion);
 
 // This function stops streaming.
 void LiStopConnection(void);
@@ -163,11 +149,6 @@ void LiStopConnection(void);
 // from the integer passed to the ConnListenerStageXXX callbacks
 const char* LiGetStageName(int stage);
 
-#ifdef _WIN32
-/* Call in the context of a new thread */
-void LiCompleteThreadStart(void);
-#endif
-
 // This function queues a mouse move event to be sent to the remote server.
 int LiSendMouseMoveEvent(short deltaX, short deltaY);
 
diff --git a/limelight-common/Platform.c b/limelight-common/Platform.c
index 86ccc17..05a900c 100644
--- a/limelight-common/Platform.c
+++ b/limelight-common/Platform.c
@@ -1,17 +1,26 @@
 #include "PlatformThreads.h"
 #include "Platform.h"
 
+#if defined(LC_WINDOWS)
+WCHAR DbgBuf[512];
+#endif
+
 int initializePlatformSockets(void);
 void cleanupPlatformSockets(void);
 
-#if defined(LC_WINDOWS_PHONE) || defined(LC_WINDOWS)
-CHAR DbgBuf[512];
-#endif
+#if defined(LC_WINDOWS)
+PLT_MUTEX thread_list_lock;
+PLT_THREAD *thread_head;
 
-#if defined(LC_WINDOWS) || defined(LC_WINDOWS_PHONE)
-static PLT_MUTEX thread_list_lock;
-static PLT_THREAD *pending_thread_head;
-static PLT_THREAD *thread_head;
+DWORD WINAPI ThreadProc(LPVOID lpParameter) {
+	struct thread_context *ctx = (struct thread_context *)lpParameter;
+
+	ctx->entry(ctx->context);
+
+	free(ctx);
+
+	return 0;
+}
 #else
 void* ThreadProc(void* context) {
     struct thread_context *ctx = (struct thread_context *)context;
@@ -25,7 +34,7 @@ void* ThreadProc(void* context) {
 #endif
 
 void PltSleepMs(int ms) {
-#if defined(LC_WINDOWS) || defined (LC_WINDOWS_PHONE)
+#if defined(LC_WINDOWS)
 	WaitForSingleObjectEx(GetCurrentThread(), ms, FALSE);
 #else
     useconds_t usecs = ms * 1000;
@@ -34,7 +43,7 @@ void PltSleepMs(int ms) {
 }
 
 int PltCreateMutex(PLT_MUTEX *mutex) {
-#if defined(LC_WINDOWS) || defined(LC_WINDOWS_PHONE)
+#if defined(LC_WINDOWS)
 	*mutex = CreateMutexEx(NULL, NULL, 0, MUTEX_ALL_ACCESS);
 	if (!*mutex) {
 		return -1;
@@ -46,7 +55,7 @@ int PltCreateMutex(PLT_MUTEX *mutex) {
 }
 
 void PltDeleteMutex(PLT_MUTEX *mutex) {
-#if defined(LC_WINDOWS) || defined(LC_WINDOWS_PHONE)
+#if defined(LC_WINDOWS)
 	CloseHandle(*mutex);
 #else
     pthread_mutex_destroy(mutex);
@@ -54,7 +63,7 @@ void PltDeleteMutex(PLT_MUTEX *mutex) {
 }
 
 void PltLockMutex(PLT_MUTEX *mutex) {
-#if defined(LC_WINDOWS) || defined(LC_WINDOWS_PHONE)
+#if defined(LC_WINDOWS)
 	int err;
 	err = WaitForSingleObjectEx(*mutex, INFINITE, FALSE);
 	if (err != WAIT_OBJECT_0) {
@@ -66,7 +75,7 @@ void PltLockMutex(PLT_MUTEX *mutex) {
 }
 
 void PltUnlockMutex(PLT_MUTEX *mutex) {
-#if defined(LC_WINDOWS) || defined(LC_WINDOWS_PHONE)
+#if defined(LC_WINDOWS)
 	ReleaseMutex(*mutex);
 #else
     pthread_mutex_unlock(mutex);
@@ -74,16 +83,15 @@ void PltUnlockMutex(PLT_MUTEX *mutex) {
 }
 
 void PltJoinThread(PLT_THREAD *thread) {
-#if defined(LC_WINDOWS) || defined(LC_WINDOWS_PHONE)
-	// Wait for the thread to leave our code
-	WaitForSingleObjectEx(thread->termCompleted, INFINITE, FALSE);
+#if defined(LC_WINDOWS)
+	WaitForSingleObjectEx(thread->handle, INFINITE, FALSE);
 #else
     pthread_join(*thread, NULL);
 #endif
 }
 
 void PltCloseThread(PLT_THREAD *thread) {
-#if defined(LC_WINDOWS) || defined(LC_WINDOWS_PHONE)
+#if defined(LC_WINDOWS)
 	PLT_THREAD *current_thread;
 	
 	PltLockMutex(&thread_list_lock);
@@ -114,13 +122,13 @@ void PltCloseThread(PLT_THREAD *thread) {
 	PltUnlockMutex(&thread_list_lock);
 
 	CloseHandle(thread->termRequested);
-	CloseHandle(thread->termCompleted);
+	CloseHandle(thread->handle);
 #else
 #endif
 }
 
 int PltIsThreadInterrupted(PLT_THREAD *thread) {
-#if defined(LC_WINDOWS) || defined(LC_WINDOWS_PHONE)
+#if defined(LC_WINDOWS)
 	return thread->cancelled;
 #else
 	// The thread will die here if a cancellation was requested
@@ -130,7 +138,7 @@ int PltIsThreadInterrupted(PLT_THREAD *thread) {
 }
 
 void PltInterruptThread(PLT_THREAD *thread) {
-#if defined(LC_WINDOWS) || defined(LC_WINDOWS_PHONE)
+#if defined(LC_WINDOWS)
 	thread->cancelled = 1;
 	SetEvent(thread->termRequested);
 #else
@@ -138,41 +146,6 @@ void PltInterruptThread(PLT_THREAD *thread) {
 #endif
 }
 
-void PltRunThreadProc(void) {
-#if defined(LC_WINDOWS) || defined(LC_WINDOWS_PHONE)
-	PLT_THREAD *thread;
-	
-	// Grab the first entry from the pending list and move it
-	// to the active list
-	PltLockMutex(&thread_list_lock);
-	thread = pending_thread_head;
-
-	// If there's no pending thread, something is seriously wrong
-	LC_ASSERT(thread != NULL);
-
-	pending_thread_head = pending_thread_head->next;
-
-	thread->next = thread_head;
-	thread_head = thread;
-	PltUnlockMutex(&thread_list_lock);
-
-	// Set up final thread state before running
-	thread->tid = GetCurrentThreadId();
-
-	// Now we're going to invoke the thread proc
-	thread->ctx->entry(thread->ctx->context);
-	free(thread->ctx);
-
-	// Signal the event to indicate the thread has "terminated"
-	SetEvent(thread->termCompleted);
-
-	// PltCloseThread() frees this state
-#else
-	// This code shouldn't be called on *NIX
-	LC_ASSERT(0);
-#endif
-}
-
 int PltCreateThread(ThreadEntry entry, void* context, PLT_THREAD *thread) {
 	struct thread_context *ctx;
 	int err;
@@ -185,7 +158,7 @@ int PltCreateThread(ThreadEntry entry, void* context, PLT_THREAD *thread) {
 	ctx->entry = entry;
 	ctx->context = context;
 
-#if defined(LC_WINDOWS) || defined(LC_WINDOWS_PHONE)
+#if defined(LC_WINDOWS)
 	{
 		thread->termRequested = CreateEventEx(NULL, NULL, CREATE_EVENT_MANUAL_RESET, EVENT_ALL_ACCESS);
 		if (thread->termRequested == NULL) {
@@ -193,26 +166,27 @@ int PltCreateThread(ThreadEntry entry, void* context, PLT_THREAD *thread) {
 			return -1;
 		}
 
-		thread->termCompleted = CreateEventEx(NULL, NULL, CREATE_EVENT_MANUAL_RESET, EVENT_ALL_ACCESS);
-		if (thread->termCompleted == NULL) {
+		thread->cancelled = 0;
+
+		thread->handle = CreateThread(NULL, 0, ThreadProc, ctx, CREATE_SUSPENDED, &thread->tid);
+		if (thread->handle == NULL) {
 			CloseHandle(thread->termRequested);
 			free(ctx);
 			return -1;
 		}
+		else {
+			// Add this thread to the thread list
+			PltLockMutex(&thread_list_lock);
+			thread->next = thread_head;
+			thread_head = thread;
+			PltUnlockMutex(&thread_list_lock);
 
-		thread->cancelled = 0;
-		thread->ctx = ctx;
+			// Now the thread can run
+			ResumeThread(thread->handle);
 
-		// Queue on the pending threads list
-		PltLockMutex(&thread_list_lock);
-		thread->next = pending_thread_head;
-		pending_thread_head = thread;
-		PltUnlockMutex(&thread_list_lock);
+			err = 0;
+		}
 
-		// Make a callback to managed code to ask for a thread to grab this
-		PlatformCallbacks.threadStart();
-
-		err = 0;
 	}
 #else
     {
@@ -227,7 +201,7 @@ int PltCreateThread(ThreadEntry entry, void* context, PLT_THREAD *thread) {
 }
 
 int PltCreateEvent(PLT_EVENT *event) {
-#if defined(LC_WINDOWS) || defined(LC_WINDOWS_PHONE)
+#if defined(LC_WINDOWS)
 	*event = CreateEventEx(NULL, NULL, CREATE_EVENT_MANUAL_RESET, EVENT_ALL_ACCESS);
 	if (!*event) {
 		return -1;
@@ -243,7 +217,7 @@ int PltCreateEvent(PLT_EVENT *event) {
 }
 
 void PltCloseEvent(PLT_EVENT *event) {
-#if defined(LC_WINDOWS) || defined(LC_WINDOWS_PHONE)
+#if defined(LC_WINDOWS)
 	CloseHandle(*event);
 #else
     pthread_mutex_destroy(&event->mutex);
@@ -252,7 +226,7 @@ void PltCloseEvent(PLT_EVENT *event) {
 }
 
 void PltSetEvent(PLT_EVENT *event) {
-#if defined(LC_WINDOWS) || defined(LC_WINDOWS_PHONE)
+#if defined(LC_WINDOWS)
 	SetEvent(*event);
 #else
     event->signalled = 1;
@@ -261,7 +235,7 @@ void PltSetEvent(PLT_EVENT *event) {
 }
 
 void PltClearEvent(PLT_EVENT *event) {
-#if defined(LC_WINDOWS) || defined(LC_WINDOWS_PHONE)
+#if defined(LC_WINDOWS)
 	ResetEvent(*event);
 #else
     event->signalled = 0;
@@ -269,7 +243,7 @@ void PltClearEvent(PLT_EVENT *event) {
 }
 
 int PltWaitForEvent(PLT_EVENT *event) {
-#if defined(LC_WINDOWS) || defined(LC_WINDOWS_PHONE)
+#if defined(LC_WINDOWS)
 	DWORD error;
 	PLT_THREAD *current_thread;
 	HANDLE objects[2];
@@ -311,7 +285,7 @@ int PltWaitForEvent(PLT_EVENT *event) {
 }
 
 uint64_t PltGetMillis(void) {
-#if defined(LC_WINDOWS) || defined(LC_WINDOWS_PHONE)
+#if defined(LC_WINDOWS)
 	return GetTickCount64();
 #else
 	struct timeval tv;
@@ -330,7 +304,7 @@ int initializePlatform(void) {
 		return err;
 	}
 
-#if defined(LC_WINDOWS) || defined(LC_WINDOWS_PHONE)
+#if defined(LC_WINDOWS)
 	return PltCreateMutex(&thread_list_lock);
 #else
 	return 0;
@@ -340,8 +314,7 @@ int initializePlatform(void) {
 void cleanupPlatform(void) {
 	cleanupPlatformSockets();
 
-#if defined(LC_WINDOWS) || defined(LC_WINDOWS_PHONE)
-	LC_ASSERT(pending_thread_head == NULL);
+#if defined(LC_WINDOWS)
 	LC_ASSERT(thread_head == NULL);
 
 	PltDeleteMutex(&thread_list_lock);
diff --git a/limelight-common/Platform.h b/limelight-common/Platform.h
index fc9f623..aa13a1c 100644
--- a/limelight-common/Platform.h
+++ b/limelight-common/Platform.h
@@ -27,18 +27,17 @@
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include "Limelight.h"
-#if defined(LC_WINDOWS_PHONE) || defined(LC_WINDOWS)
-extern char DbgBuf[512];
-extern PLATFORM_CALLBACKS PlatformCallbacks;
+#if defined(LC_WINDOWS)
+extern WCHAR DbgBuf[512];
 #define Limelog(s, ...) \
-	sprintf(DbgBuf, s, ##__VA_ARGS__); \
-	PlatformCallbacks.debugPrint(DbgBuf)
+	swprintf(DbgBuf, sizeof(DbgBuf) / sizeof(WCHAR), L ## s, ##__VA_ARGS__); \
+	OutputDebugStringW(DbgBuf)
 #else
 #define Limelog(s, ...) \
     fprintf(stderr, s, ##__VA_ARGS__)
 #endif
 
-#if defined(LC_WINDOWS_PHONE) || defined(LC_WINDOWS)
+#if defined(LC_WINDOWS)
 #include <crtdbg.h>
 #define LC_ASSERT(x) __analysis_assume(x); \
                      _ASSERTE(x)
diff --git a/limelight-common/PlatformSockets.c b/limelight-common/PlatformSockets.c
index 387406d..91294da 100644
--- a/limelight-common/PlatformSockets.c
+++ b/limelight-common/PlatformSockets.c
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ int enableNoDelay(SOCKET s) {
 }
 
 int initializePlatformSockets(void) {
-#if defined(LC_WINDOWS) || defined(LC_WINDOWS_PHONE)
+#if defined(LC_WINDOWS)
 	WSADATA data;
 	return WSAStartup(MAKEWORD(2, 0), &data);
 #elif defined(LC_POSIX)
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ int initializePlatformSockets(void) {
 }
 
 void cleanupPlatformSockets(void) {
-#if defined(LC_WINDOWS) || defined(LC_WINDOWS_PHONE)
+#if defined(LC_WINDOWS)
 	WSACleanup();
 #else
 #endif
diff --git a/limelight-common/PlatformThreads.h b/limelight-common/PlatformThreads.h
index 4c29246..4e4a8f1 100644
--- a/limelight-common/PlatformThreads.h
+++ b/limelight-common/PlatformThreads.h
@@ -10,14 +10,12 @@ struct thread_context {
 	void* context;
 };
 
-#if defined(LC_WINDOWS) || defined(LC_WINDOWS_PHONE)
+#if defined(LC_WINDOWS)
 typedef struct _PLT_THREAD {
+	HANDLE handle;
 	int cancelled;
 	DWORD tid;
 	HANDLE termRequested;
-	HANDLE termCompleted;
-
-	struct thread_context *ctx;
 
 	struct _PLT_THREAD *next;
 } PLT_THREAD;