diff --git a/UI/CMakeLists.txt b/UI/CMakeLists.txt
index a06c600e3..bf1fc8e6d 100644
--- a/UI/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/UI/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -57,9 +57,6 @@ set(CMAKE_INCLUDE_CURRENT_DIR TRUE)
 set(CMAKE_AUTOMOC TRUE)
 
 find_package(Qt5Svg ${FIND_MODE})
-if(WIN32)
-	find_package(Qt5WinExtras ${FIND_MODE})
-endif()
 find_package(Qt5Xml ${FIND_MODE})
 
 find_package(FFmpeg REQUIRED COMPONENTS avcodec avutil avformat)
@@ -388,8 +385,6 @@ if(WIN32)
 	set_target_properties(obs
 		PROPERTIES
 			OUTPUT_NAME "obs${_output_suffix}")
-	target_link_libraries(obs
-			Qt5::WinExtras)
 endif()
 
 target_link_libraries(obs
diff --git a/UI/forms/images/active.png b/UI/forms/images/active.png
deleted file mode 100644
index c3fd4669e..000000000
Binary files a/UI/forms/images/active.png and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/UI/forms/images/paused.png b/UI/forms/images/paused.png
deleted file mode 100644
index 66eece08c..000000000
Binary files a/UI/forms/images/paused.png and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/UI/forms/obs.qrc b/UI/forms/obs.qrc
index e37f05577..040e9af58 100644
--- a/UI/forms/obs.qrc
+++ b/UI/forms/obs.qrc
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
     <file>images/obs.png</file>
     <file>images/obs_paused.png</file>
     <file>images/tray_active.png</file>
-    <file>images/paused.png</file>
-    <file>images/active.png</file>
     <file>images/expand.svg</file>
     <file>images/unlocked.svg</file>
     <file>images/locked.svg</file>
diff --git a/UI/window-basic-main.cpp b/UI/window-basic-main.cpp
index 0fead5c0e..bb1231664 100644
--- a/UI/window-basic-main.cpp
+++ b/UI/window-basic-main.cpp
@@ -1837,11 +1837,6 @@ void OBSBasic::OBSInit()
 	SystemTray(true);
 #endif
 
-#ifdef _WIN32
-	taskBtn->setWindow(windowHandle());
-	taskProg->setRange(0, 1);
-#endif
-
 	bool has_last_version = config_has_user_value(App()->GlobalConfig(),
 						      "General", "LastVersion");
 	bool first_run =
@@ -5392,13 +5387,6 @@ inline void OBSBasic::OnActivate()
 		App()->IncrementSleepInhibition();
 		UpdateProcessPriority();
 
-#ifdef _WIN32
-		taskProg->show();
-		taskProg->resume();
-		taskProg->setValue(1);
-		taskBtn->setOverlayIcon(QIcon::fromTheme(
-			"obs-active", QIcon(":/res/images/active.png")));
-#endif
 		if (trayIcon)
 			trayIcon->setIcon(QIcon::fromTheme(
 				"obs-tray-active",
@@ -5420,34 +5408,12 @@ inline void OBSBasic::OnDeactivate()
 		if (trayIcon)
 			trayIcon->setIcon(QIcon::fromTheme(
 				"obs-tray", QIcon(":/res/images/obs.png")));
-#ifdef _WIN32
-		taskProg->hide();
-		taskBtn->clearOverlayIcon();
-#endif
-	} else {
-		if (os_atomic_load_bool(&recording_paused)) {
-#ifdef _WIN32
-			taskProg->show();
-			taskProg->pause();
-			taskBtn->setOverlayIcon(QIcon::fromTheme(
-				"obs-paused",
-				QIcon(":/res/images/paused.png")));
-#endif
-			if (trayIcon)
-				trayIcon->setIcon(
-					QIcon(":/res/images/obs_paused.png"));
-		} else {
-#ifdef _WIN32
-			taskProg->show();
-			taskProg->resume();
-			taskBtn->setOverlayIcon(QIcon::fromTheme(
-				"obs-active",
-				QIcon(":/res/images/active.png")));
-#endif
-			if (trayIcon)
-				trayIcon->setIcon(
-					QIcon(":/res/images/tray_active.png"));
-		}
+	} else if (trayIcon) {
+		if (os_atomic_load_bool(&recording_paused))
+			trayIcon->setIcon(QIcon(":/res/images/obs_paused.png"));
+		else
+			trayIcon->setIcon(
+				QIcon(":/res/images/tray_active.png"));
 	}
 }
 
@@ -7915,11 +7881,6 @@ void OBSBasic::PauseRecording()
 
 		ui->statusbar->RecordingPaused();
 
-#ifdef _WIN32
-		taskProg->pause();
-		taskBtn->setOverlayIcon(QIcon::fromTheme(
-			"obs-paused", QIcon(":/res/images/paused.png")));
-#endif
 		if (trayIcon)
 			trayIcon->setIcon(QIcon(":/res/images/obs_paused.png"));
 
@@ -7949,11 +7910,6 @@ void OBSBasic::UnpauseRecording()
 
 		ui->statusbar->RecordingUnpaused();
 
-#ifdef _WIN32
-		taskProg->resume();
-		taskBtn->setOverlayIcon(QIcon::fromTheme(
-			"obs-active", QIcon(":/res/images/active.png")));
-#endif
 		if (trayIcon)
 			trayIcon->setIcon(
 				QIcon(":/res/images/tray_active.png"));
diff --git a/UI/window-basic-main.hpp b/UI/window-basic-main.hpp
index d2cc692a9..587a3a20a 100644
--- a/UI/window-basic-main.hpp
+++ b/UI/window-basic-main.hpp
@@ -21,10 +21,6 @@
 #include <QAction>
 #include <QWidgetAction>
 #include <QSystemTrayIcon>
-#ifdef _WIN32
-#include <QWinTaskbarButton>
-#include <QWinTaskbarProgress>
-#endif
 #include <QStyledItemDelegate>
 #include <obs.hpp>
 #include <vector>
@@ -282,11 +278,6 @@ private:
 	QPointer<QMenu> perSceneTransitionMenu;
 	QPointer<QObject> shortcutFilter;
 
-#ifdef _WIN32
-	QWinTaskbarButton *taskBtn = new QWinTaskbarButton(this);
-	QWinTaskbarProgress *taskProg = taskBtn->progress();
-#endif
-
 	QPointer<QWidget> programWidget;
 	QPointer<QVBoxLayout> programLayout;
 	QPointer<QLabel> programLabel;
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/CopyMSVCBins.cmake b/cmake/Modules/CopyMSVCBins.cmake
index e0b6ca835..504d7b1ca 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/CopyMSVCBins.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/CopyMSVCBins.cmake
@@ -158,7 +158,6 @@ file(GLOB QT_DEBUG_BIN_FILES
 	"${Qt5Core_DIR}/../../../bin/Qt5Guid.dll"
 	"${Qt5Core_DIR}/../../../bin/Qt5Widgetsd.dll"
 	"${Qt5Core_DIR}/../../../bin/Qt5Svgd.dll"
-	"${Qt5Core_DIR}/../../../bin/Qt5WinExtrasd.dll"
 	"${Qt5Core_DIR}/../../../bin/Qt5Xmld.dll"
 	"${Qt5Core_DIR}/../../../bin/libGLESv2d.dll"
 	"${Qt5Core_DIR}/../../../bin/libEGLd.dll")
@@ -177,7 +176,6 @@ file(GLOB QT_BIN_FILES
 	"${Qt5Core_DIR}/../../../bin/Qt5Gui.dll"
 	"${Qt5Core_DIR}/../../../bin/Qt5Widgets.dll"
 	"${Qt5Core_DIR}/../../../bin/Qt5Svg.dll"
-	"${Qt5Core_DIR}/../../../bin/Qt5WinExtras.dll"
 	"${Qt5Core_DIR}/../../../bin/Qt5Xml.dll"
 	"${Qt5Core_DIR}/../../../bin/libGLESv2.dll"
 	"${Qt5Core_DIR}/../../../bin/libEGL.dll")