diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 6cebf66d75..280d9dbaa6 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -910,19 +910,6 @@ version = "1.6.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e78d4f1cc4ae33bbfc157ed5d5a5ef3bc29227303d595861deb238fcec4e9457"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "embed-resource"
-version = "1.7.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ecc24ff8d764818e9ab17963b0593c535f077a513f565e75e4352d758bc4d8c0"
-dependencies = [
- "cc",
- "rustc_version",
- "toml",
- "vswhom",
- "winreg",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "eml-parser"
 version = "0.1.3"
@@ -2413,7 +2400,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "crossterm",
  "ctrlc",
- "embed-resource",
  "hamcrest2",
  "is_executable",
  "itertools",
@@ -2443,6 +2429,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rstest",
  "serial_test",
  "tempfile",
+ "winres",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4931,26 +4918,6 @@ version = "1.0.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6a02e4885ed3bc0f2de90ea6dd45ebcbb66dacffe03547fadbb0eeae2770887d"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "vswhom"
-version = "0.1.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "be979b7f07507105799e854203b470ff7c78a1639e330a58f183b5fea574608b"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
- "vswhom-sys",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "vswhom-sys"
-version = "0.1.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "22025f6d8eb903ebf920ea6933b70b1e495be37e2cb4099e62c80454aaf57c39"
-dependencies = [
- "cc",
- "libc",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "vte"
 version = "0.10.1"
@@ -5295,6 +5262,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi 0.3.9",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "winres"
+version = "0.1.12"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b68db261ef59e9e52806f688020631e987592bd83619edccda9c47d42cde4f6c"
+dependencies = [
+ "toml",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ws2_32-sys"
 version = "0.2.1"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0791d462e9..a6ef2c7619 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ rstest = "0.12.0"
 itertools = "0.10.3"
 
 [target.'cfg(windows)'.build-dependencies]
-embed-resource = "1"
+winres = "0.1"
 
 [features]
 plugin = ["nu-plugin", "nu-cli/plugin", "nu-parser/plugin", "nu-command/plugin", "nu-protocol/plugin", "nu-engine/plugin"]
diff --git a/assets/nushell.rc b/assets/nushell.rc
deleted file mode 100644
index db3d18f42f..0000000000
--- a/assets/nushell.rc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-#include <winver.h>
-
-#define VER_FILEVERSION 0,62,1,0
-#define VER_FILEVERSION_STR "0.62.1"
-
-#define VER_PRODUCTVERSION 0,62,1,0
-#define VER_PRODUCTVERSION_STR "0.62.1"
-
-#ifdef RC_INVOKED
-
-#ifdef DEBUG // TODO: Actually define DEBUG
-#define VER_DEBUG VS_FF_DEBUG
-#else
-#define VER_DEBUG 0
-#endif
-
-VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
-FILEVERSION VER_FILEVERSION
-PRODUCTVERSION VER_PRODUCTVERSION
-FILEFLAGSMASK VS_FFI_FILEFLAGSMASK
-FILEFLAGS VER_DEBUG
-FILEOS VOS__WINDOWS32
-FILETYPE VFT_APP
-FILESUBTYPE VFT2_UNKNOWN
-BEGIN
-    BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
-    BEGIN
-        BLOCK "040904b0"
-        BEGIN
-            VALUE "CompanyName", "nushell"
-            VALUE "FileDescription", "Nushell"
-            VALUE "FileVersion", VER_FILEVERSION_STR
-            VALUE "InternalName", "nu.exe"
-            VALUE "LegalCopyright", "Copyright (C) 2022"
-            VALUE "OriginalFilename", "nu.exe"
-            VALUE "ProductName", "Nushell"
-            VALUE "ProductVersion", VER_PRODUCTVERSION_STR
-        END
-    END
-
-    BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
-    BEGIN
-        VALUE "Translation", 0x409, 1200
-    END
-END
-
-#define IDI_ICON 0x101
-IDI_ICON ICON "assets/nu_logo.ico"
-#endif
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
index 7b2ee7082a..5eefb36956 100644
--- a/build.rs
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 #[cfg(windows)]
 fn main() {
-    embed_resource::compile_for("assets/nushell.rc", &["nu"])
+    let mut res = winres::WindowsResource::new();
+    res.set("ProductName", "Nushell");
+    res.set("FileDescription", "Nushell");
+    res.set("LegalCopyright", "Copyright (C) 2022");
+    res.set_icon("assets/nu_logo.ico");
+    res.compile()
+        .expect("Failed to run the Windows resource compiler (rc.exe)");
 }
 
 #[cfg(not(windows))]