diff --git a/src/gui/mainwindow.cpp b/src/gui/mainwindow.cpp
index 0df257f3b..1e9dbcd8e 100644
--- a/src/gui/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -1914,9 +1914,7 @@ void MainWindow::installPython()
     setCursor(QCursor(Qt::WaitCursor));
     // Download python
 #ifdef QBT_APP_64BIT
-    const auto installerURL = ::IsWindows8OrGreater()
-        ? u"https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.10.11/python-3.10.11-amd64.exe"_s
-        : u"https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.8.10/python-3.8.10-amd64.exe"_s;
+    const auto installerURL = u"https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.10.11/python-3.10.11-amd64.exe"_s;
 #else
     const auto installerURL = ::IsWindows8OrGreater()
         ? u"https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.10.11/python-3.10.11.exe"_s
diff --git a/src/gui/programupdater.cpp b/src/gui/programupdater.cpp
index eab1e020a..ead2e9e49 100644
--- a/src/gui/programupdater.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/programupdater.cpp
@@ -30,21 +30,11 @@
 #include "programupdater.h"
 
 #include <QtSystemDetection>
-
-#if defined(Q_OS_WIN)
-#include <windows.h>
-#include <versionhelpers.h>  // must follow after windows.h
-#endif
-
 #include <QDebug>
 #include <QDesktopServices>
 #include <QRegularExpression>
 #include <QXmlStreamReader>
 
-#if defined(Q_OS_WIN)
-#include <QSysInfo>
-#endif
-
 #include "base/global.h"
 #include "base/net/downloadmanager.h"
 #include "base/preferences.h"
@@ -110,9 +100,7 @@ void ProgramUpdater::rssDownloadFinished(const Net::DownloadResult &result)
 #ifdef Q_OS_MACOS
     const QString OS_TYPE = u"Mac OS X"_s;
 #elif defined(Q_OS_WIN)
-    const QString OS_TYPE = (::IsWindows7OrGreater() && QSysInfo::currentCpuArchitecture().endsWith(u"64"))
-        ? u"Windows x64"_s
-        : u"Windows"_s;
+    const QString OS_TYPE = u"Windows x64"_s;
 #endif
 
     bool inItem = false;