diff --git a/src/win/fs.c b/src/win/fs.c
index e2a328d8..e81299bc 100644
--- a/src/win/fs.c
+++ b/src/win/fs.c
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@
     return;                                                                 \
   }
 
+#define FILETIME_TO_TIME_T(filetime)                                        \
+   ((*((uint64_t*) &(filetime)) - 116444736000000000ULL) / 10000000ULL);
+
 #define IS_SLASH(c) ((c) == L'\\' || (c) == L'/')
 #define IS_LETTER(c) (((c) >= L'a' && (c) <= L'z') || \
   ((c) >= L'A' && (c) <= L'Z'))
@@ -630,9 +633,9 @@ static void fs__stat(uv_fs_t* req, const wchar_t* path, int link) {
                         (int64_t) info.nFileSizeLow;
   }
 
-  uv_filetime_to_time_t(&info.ftLastWriteTime, &(req->stat.st_mtime));
-  uv_filetime_to_time_t(&info.ftLastAccessTime, &(req->stat.st_atime));
-  uv_filetime_to_time_t(&info.ftCreationTime, &(req->stat.st_ctime));
+  req->stat.st_mtime = FILETIME_TO_TIME_T(info.ftLastWriteTime);
+  req->stat.st_atime = FILETIME_TO_TIME_T(info.ftLastAccessTime);
+  req->stat.st_ctime = FILETIME_TO_TIME_T(info.ftCreationTime);
 
   req->stat.st_nlink = (info.nNumberOfLinks <= SHRT_MAX) ?
                        (short) info.nNumberOfLinks : SHRT_MAX;
diff --git a/src/win/internal.h b/src/win/internal.h
index aaae66e7..b9f8bba7 100644
--- a/src/win/internal.h
+++ b/src/win/internal.h
@@ -280,7 +280,6 @@ void uv__fs_poll_endgame(uv_loop_t* loop, uv_fs_poll_t* handle);
 void uv__util_init();
 
 int uv_parent_pid();
-void uv_filetime_to_time_t(FILETIME* file_time,  time_t* stat_time);
 void uv_fatal_error(const int errorno, const char* syscall);
 uv_err_code uv_translate_sys_error(int sys_errno);
 
diff --git a/src/win/util.c b/src/win/util.c
index 4ceae040..49a3adc7 100644
--- a/src/win/util.c
+++ b/src/win/util.c
@@ -862,26 +862,3 @@ void uv_free_interface_addresses(uv_interface_address_t* addresses,
 
   free(addresses);
 }
-
-
-void uv_filetime_to_time_t(FILETIME* file_time, time_t* stat_time) {
-  FILETIME local_time;
-  SYSTEMTIME system_time;
-  struct tm time;
-
-  if ((file_time->dwLowDateTime || file_time->dwHighDateTime) &&
-      FileTimeToLocalFileTime(file_time, &local_time)         &&
-      FileTimeToSystemTime(&local_time, &system_time)) {
-    time.tm_year = system_time.wYear - 1900;
-    time.tm_mon = system_time.wMonth - 1;
-    time.tm_mday = system_time.wDay;
-    time.tm_hour = system_time.wHour;
-    time.tm_min = system_time.wMinute;
-    time.tm_sec = system_time.wSecond;
-    time.tm_isdst = -1;
-
-    *stat_time = mktime(&time);
-  } else {
-    *stat_time = 0;
-  }
-}