diff --git a/windows/svc/security.go b/windows/svc/security.go
index 8cc67784..ef719c17 100644
--- a/windows/svc/security.go
+++ b/windows/svc/security.go
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 package svc
 
 import (
-	"errors"
-	"syscall"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
 	"unsafe"
 
 	"golang.org/x/sys/windows"
@@ -64,101 +64,45 @@ func IsAnInteractiveSession() (bool, error) {
 	return false, nil
 }
 
-var (
-	ntdll                      = windows.NewLazySystemDLL("ntdll.dll")
-	_NtQueryInformationProcess = ntdll.NewProc("NtQueryInformationProcess")
-
-	kernel32                    = windows.NewLazySystemDLL("kernel32.dll")
-	_QueryFullProcessImageNameA = kernel32.NewProc("QueryFullProcessImageNameA")
-)
-
 // IsWindowsService reports whether the process is currently executing
 // as a Windows service.
 func IsWindowsService() (bool, error) {
-	// This code was copied from runtime.isWindowsService function.
-
 	// The below technique looks a bit hairy, but it's actually
 	// exactly what the .NET framework does for the similarly named function:
 	// https://github.com/dotnet/extensions/blob/f4066026ca06984b07e90e61a6390ac38152ba93/src/Hosting/WindowsServices/src/WindowsServiceHelpers.cs#L26-L31
 	// Specifically, it looks up whether the parent process has session ID zero
 	// and is called "services".
-	const _CURRENT_PROCESS = ^uintptr(0)
-	// pbi is a PROCESS_BASIC_INFORMATION struct, where we just care about
-	// the 6th pointer inside of it, which contains the pid of the process
-	// parent:
-	// https://github.com/wine-mirror/wine/blob/42cb7d2ad1caba08de235e6319b9967296b5d554/include/winternl.h#L1294
-	var pbi [6]uintptr
-	var pbiLen uint32
-	r0, _, _ := syscall.Syscall6(_NtQueryInformationProcess.Addr(), 5, _CURRENT_PROCESS, 0, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&pbi[0])), uintptr(unsafe.Sizeof(pbi)), uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&pbiLen)), 0)
-	if r0 != 0 {
-		return false, errors.New("NtQueryInformationProcess failed: error=" + itoa(int(r0)))
-	}
-	var psid uint32
-	err := windows.ProcessIdToSessionId(uint32(pbi[5]), &psid)
+
+	var pbi windows.PROCESS_BASIC_INFORMATION
+	pbiLen := uint32(unsafe.Sizeof(pbi))
+	err := windows.NtQueryInformationProcess(windows.CurrentProcess(), windows.ProcessBasicInformation, unsafe.Pointer(&pbi), pbiLen, &pbiLen)
 	if err != nil {
-		if err == windows.ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER {
-			// This error happens when Windows cannot find process parent.
-			// Perhaps process parent exited.
-			// Assume we are not running in a service, because service
-			// parent process (services.exe) cannot exit.
-			return false, nil
-		}
 		return false, err
 	}
-	if psid != 0 {
-		// parent session id should be 0 for service process
+	var psid uint32
+	err = windows.ProcessIdToSessionId(uint32(pbi.InheritedFromUniqueProcessId), &psid)
+	if err != nil || psid != 0 {
 		return false, nil
 	}
-
-	pproc, err := windows.OpenProcess(windows.PROCESS_QUERY_LIMITED_INFORMATION, false, uint32(pbi[5]))
+	pproc, err := windows.OpenProcess(windows.PROCESS_QUERY_LIMITED_INFORMATION, false, uint32(pbi.InheritedFromUniqueProcessId))
 	if err != nil {
 		return false, err
 	}
 	defer windows.CloseHandle(pproc)
-
-	// exeName gets the path to the executable image of the parent process
-	var exeName [261]byte
-	exeNameLen := uint32(len(exeName) - 1)
-	r0, _, e0 := syscall.Syscall6(_QueryFullProcessImageNameA.Addr(), 4, uintptr(pproc), 0, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&exeName[0])), uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&exeNameLen)), 0, 0)
-	if r0 == 0 {
-		if e0 != 0 {
-			return false, e0
-		} else {
-			return false, syscall.EINVAL
-		}
+	var exeNameBuf [261]uint16
+	exeNameLen := uint32(len(exeNameBuf) - 1)
+	err = windows.QueryFullProcessImageName(pproc, 0, &exeNameBuf[0], &exeNameLen)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
 	}
-	const (
-		servicesLower = "services.exe"
-		servicesUpper = "SERVICES.EXE"
-	)
-	i := int(exeNameLen) - 1
-	j := len(servicesLower) - 1
-	if i < j {
+	exeName := windows.UTF16ToString(exeNameBuf[:exeNameLen])
+	if !strings.EqualFold(filepath.Base(exeName), "services.exe") {
 		return false, nil
 	}
-	for {
-		if j == -1 {
-			return i == -1 || exeName[i] == '\\', nil
-		}
-		if exeName[i] != servicesLower[j] && exeName[i] != servicesUpper[j] {
-			return false, nil
-		}
-		i--
-		j--
+	system32, err := windows.GetSystemDirectory()
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
 	}
-}
-
-func itoa(val int) string { // do it here rather than with fmt to avoid dependency
-	if val < 0 {
-		return "-" + itoa(-val)
-	}
-	var buf [32]byte // big enough for int64
-	i := len(buf) - 1
-	for val >= 10 {
-		buf[i] = byte(val%10 + '0')
-		i--
-		val /= 10
-	}
-	buf[i] = byte(val + '0')
-	return string(buf[i:])
+	targetExeName := filepath.Join(system32, "services.exe")
+	return strings.EqualFold(exeName, targetExeName), nil
 }