diff --git a/tcc-doc.texi b/tcc-doc.texi
index ae39462d..267a0d3c 100644
--- a/tcc-doc.texi
+++ b/tcc-doc.texi
@@ -175,11 +175,6 @@ In a script, it gives the following header:
 @example
 #!/usr/local/bin/tcc -run -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lX11
 @end example
-On native Windows ARM64 builds, CLI @option{-run} currently uses a
-temporary executable for ordinary runs as a compatibility workaround.
-@code{libtcc} @code{tcc_run()} remains in-process, and CLI keeps the
-in-process path for @option{-dt} and @option{-rstdin}.
-
 @item -v
 Display TCC version.
 
diff --git a/tcc.c b/tcc.c
index 22d38319..46d3d83b 100644
--- a/tcc.c
+++ b/tcc.c
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@
 #endif
 
 #include "tcc.h"
-#if defined(TCC_IS_NATIVE) && defined(_WIN32) && defined(__aarch64__)
-# include <process.h>
-#endif
 #if ONE_SOURCE
 # include "libtcc.c"
 #endif
@@ -319,125 +316,6 @@ static unsigned getclock_ms(void)
 #endif
 }
 
-#if defined(TCC_IS_NATIVE) && defined(_WIN32) && defined(__aarch64__)
-static char *tcc_append_windows_arg(char *dst, const char *arg)
-{
-    const char *p = arg;
-    int quote = *arg == '\0' || strpbrk(arg, " \t\"") != NULL;
-
-    if (quote)
-        *dst++ = '"';
-    for (;;) {
-        int bs = 0;
-        while (*p == '\\')
-            ++bs, ++p;
-        if (*p == '\0') {
-            if (quote)
-                while (bs--)
-                    *dst++ = '\\', *dst++ = '\\';
-            break;
-        }
-        if (*p == '"') {
-            while (bs--)
-                *dst++ = '\\', *dst++ = '\\';
-            *dst++ = '\\';
-        } else {
-            while (bs--)
-                *dst++ = '\\';
-        }
-        *dst++ = *p++;
-    }
-    if (quote)
-        *dst++ = '"';
-    return dst;
-}
-
-static int tcc_run_via_temp_exe(TCCState *s, int argc, char **argv)
-{
-    char tmpdir[MAX_PATH], tmppath[MAX_PATH];
-    PROCESS_INFORMATION pi;
-    STARTUPINFOA si;
-    DWORD exit_code;
-    char *cmdline = NULL, *p;
-    char *saved_outfile, *tmp_outfile;
-    int saved_output_type, ret, i;
-    size_t len;
-    TCCState *s1 = s;
-
-    if (!GetTempPathA(sizeof tmpdir, tmpdir))
-        return tcc_error_noabort("could not get temp directory"), -1;
-    if (!GetTempFileNameA(tmpdir, "tcc", 0, tmppath))
-        return tcc_error_noabort("could not create temp file name"), -1;
-
-    saved_outfile = s->outfile;
-    saved_output_type = s->output_type;
-    tmp_outfile = tcc_strdup(tmppath);
-    if (!tmp_outfile)
-        return -1;
-    s->outfile = tmp_outfile;
-    s->output_type = TCC_OUTPUT_EXE;
-
-    ret = tcc_output_file(s, s->outfile);
-    s->output_type = saved_output_type;
-    s->outfile = saved_outfile;
-    if (ret < 0) {
-        tcc_free(tmp_outfile);
-        DeleteFileA(tmppath);
-        return ret;
-    }
-
-    len = 1;
-    for (i = 0; i < argc; ++i)
-        len += strlen(argv[i]) * 2 + 3;
-    if (argc == 0)
-        len += strlen(tmppath) * 2 + 3;
-    cmdline = tcc_malloc(len);
-    if (!cmdline) {
-        tcc_free(tmp_outfile);
-        DeleteFileA(tmppath);
-        return -1;
-    }
-    p = cmdline;
-    p = tcc_append_windows_arg(p, argc > 0 ? argv[0] : tmppath);
-    for (i = 1; i < argc; ++i) {
-        *p++ = ' ';
-        p = tcc_append_windows_arg(p, argv[i]);
-    }
-    *p = '\0';
-
-    memset(&si, 0, sizeof(si));
-    memset(&pi, 0, sizeof(pi));
-    si.cb = sizeof(si);
-    SetLastError(0);
-    ret = CreateProcessA(tmppath, cmdline, NULL, NULL, TRUE, 0,
-                         NULL, NULL, &si, &pi);
-    if (!ret) {
-        tcc_error_noabort("could not run '%s'", tmppath);
-        ret = 1;
-    } else {
-        WaitForSingleObject(pi.hProcess, INFINITE);
-        if (!GetExitCodeProcess(pi.hProcess, &exit_code))
-            exit_code = 1;
-        CloseHandle(pi.hThread);
-        CloseHandle(pi.hProcess);
-        ret = (int)exit_code;
-    }
-
-    tcc_free(cmdline);
-    tcc_free(tmp_outfile);
-    DeleteFileA(tmppath);
-    return ret;
-}
-
-static int tcc_run_requires_inprocess(const TCCState *s)
-{
-    /* Temporary Windows ARM64 workaround: keep the generic in-process path
-       where CLI features rely on it, but run ordinary `tcc -run` through a
-       child process until the native runtime path is fully equivalent. */
-    return (s->dflag & 16) || s->run_stdin != NULL;
-}
-#endif
-
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     TCCState *s, *s1;
@@ -548,14 +426,7 @@ redo:
     } else if (0 == ret) {
         if (s->output_type == TCC_OUTPUT_MEMORY) {
 #ifdef TCC_IS_NATIVE
-#if defined(_WIN32) && defined(__aarch64__)
-            if (tcc_run_requires_inprocess(s))
-                ret = tcc_run(s, argc, argv);
-            else
-                ret = tcc_run_via_temp_exe(s, argc, argv);
-#else
             ret = tcc_run(s, argc, argv);
-#endif
 #endif
         } else {
             if (!s->outfile)
diff --git a/tccrun.c b/tccrun.c
index 77bd001e..01f40f32 100644
--- a/tccrun.c
+++ b/tccrun.c
@@ -1522,7 +1522,6 @@ static void rt_restore_context_from_jmpbuf(void *p_jmp_buf, int code)
 static long __stdcall cpu_exception_handler(EXCEPTION_POINTERS *ex_info)
 {
     rt_frame f;
-    TCCState *s;
     unsigned code;
     rt_getcontext(ex_info->ContextRecord, &f);
 
@@ -1546,6 +1545,7 @@ static long __stdcall cpu_exception_handler(EXCEPTION_POINTERS *ex_info)
         break;
     }
 #if defined(_WIN64) && defined(__aarch64__) && !defined(CONFIG_TCC_BACKTRACE_ONLY)
+    TCCState *s;
     rt_wait_sem();
     s = rt_find_state(&f);
     rt_post_sem();
diff --git a/tests/libtcc_test_mt.c b/tests/libtcc_test_mt.c
index f9c90bd6..4db027f7 100644
--- a/tests/libtcc_test_mt.c
+++ b/tests/libtcc_test_mt.c
@@ -338,7 +338,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 #else
 #include <tcclib.h>
 
+#ifdef _WIN32
+void __stdcall Sleep(unsigned int milliseconds);
+#else
 unsigned int sleep(unsigned int seconds);
+#endif
 
 int fib(n)
 {
@@ -347,7 +351,11 @@ int fib(n)
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    Sleep(1000);
+#else
     sleep(1);
+#endif
     printf(" %d", fib(atoi(argv[1])));
     return 0;
 }