diff --git a/src/win/poll.c b/src/win/poll.c
index c2ce427a..87858590 100644
--- a/src/win/poll.c
+++ b/src/win/poll.c
@@ -134,32 +134,6 @@ static void uv__fast_poll_submit_poll_req(uv_loop_t* loop, uv_poll_t* handle) {
 }
 
 
-static int uv__fast_poll_cancel_poll_req(uv_loop_t* loop, uv_poll_t* handle) {
-  AFD_POLL_INFO afd_poll_info;
-  int result;
-
-  afd_poll_info.Exclusive = TRUE;
-  afd_poll_info.NumberOfHandles = 1;
-  afd_poll_info.Timeout.QuadPart = INT64_MAX;
-  afd_poll_info.Handles[0].Handle = (HANDLE) handle->socket;
-  afd_poll_info.Handles[0].Status = 0;
-  afd_poll_info.Handles[0].Events = AFD_POLL_ALL;
-
-  result = uv_msafd_poll(handle->socket,
-                         &afd_poll_info,
-                         uv__get_afd_poll_info_dummy(),
-                         uv__get_overlapped_dummy());
-
-  if (result == SOCKET_ERROR) {
-    DWORD error = WSAGetLastError();
-    if (error != WSA_IO_PENDING)
-      return error;
-  }
-
-  return 0;
-}
-
-
 static void uv__fast_poll_process_poll_req(uv_loop_t* loop, uv_poll_t* handle,
     uv_req_t* req) {
   unsigned char mask_events;
@@ -226,22 +200,6 @@ static void uv__fast_poll_process_poll_req(uv_loop_t* loop, uv_poll_t* handle,
 }
 
 
-static int uv__fast_poll_close(uv_loop_t* loop, uv_poll_t* handle) {
-  handle->events = 0;
-  uv__handle_closing(handle);
-
-  if (handle->submitted_events_1 == 0 &&
-      handle->submitted_events_2 == 0) {
-    uv_want_endgame(loop, (uv_handle_t*) handle);
-    return 0;
-  } else {
-    /* Cancel outstanding poll requests by executing another, unique poll
-     * request that forces the outstanding ones to return. */
-    return uv__fast_poll_cancel_poll_req(loop, handle);
-  }
-}
-
-
 static SOCKET uv__fast_poll_create_peer_socket(HANDLE iocp,
     WSAPROTOCOL_INFOW* protocol_info) {
   SOCKET sock = 0;
@@ -447,19 +405,6 @@ static void uv__slow_poll_process_poll_req(uv_loop_t* loop, uv_poll_t* handle,
 }
 
 
-static int uv__slow_poll_close(uv_loop_t* loop, uv_poll_t* handle) {
-  handle->events = 0;
-  uv__handle_closing(handle);
-
-  if (handle->submitted_events_1 == 0 &&
-      handle->submitted_events_2 == 0) {
-    uv_want_endgame(loop, (uv_handle_t*) handle);
-  }
-
-  return 0;
-}
-
-
 int uv_poll_init(uv_loop_t* loop, uv_poll_t* handle, int fd) {
   return uv_poll_init_socket(loop, handle, (SOCKET) uv__get_osfhandle(fd));
 }
@@ -588,11 +533,43 @@ void uv_process_poll_req(uv_loop_t* loop, uv_poll_t* handle, uv_req_t* req) {
 
 
 int uv_poll_close(uv_loop_t* loop, uv_poll_t* handle) {
-  if (!(handle->flags & UV_HANDLE_POLL_SLOW)) {
-    return uv__fast_poll_close(loop, handle);
-  } else {
-    return uv__slow_poll_close(loop, handle);
+  AFD_POLL_INFO afd_poll_info;
+  DWORD error;
+  int result;
+
+  handle->events = 0;
+  uv__handle_closing(handle);
+
+  if (handle->submitted_events_1 == 0 &&
+      handle->submitted_events_2 == 0) {
+    uv_want_endgame(loop, (uv_handle_t*) handle);
+    return 0;
   }
+
+  if (handle->flags & UV_HANDLE_POLL_SLOW)
+    return 0;
+
+  /* Cancel outstanding poll requests by executing another, unique poll
+   * request that forces the outstanding ones to return. */
+  afd_poll_info.Exclusive = TRUE;
+  afd_poll_info.NumberOfHandles = 1;
+  afd_poll_info.Timeout.QuadPart = INT64_MAX;
+  afd_poll_info.Handles[0].Handle = (HANDLE) handle->socket;
+  afd_poll_info.Handles[0].Status = 0;
+  afd_poll_info.Handles[0].Events = AFD_POLL_ALL;
+
+  result = uv_msafd_poll(handle->socket,
+                         &afd_poll_info,
+                         uv__get_afd_poll_info_dummy(),
+                         uv__get_overlapped_dummy());
+
+  if (result == SOCKET_ERROR) {
+    error = WSAGetLastError();
+    if (error != WSA_IO_PENDING)
+      return uv_translate_sys_error(error);
+  }
+
+  return 0;
 }