diff --git a/api/adapter.c b/api/adapter.c
index 2635a5c..d216578 100644
--- a/api/adapter.c
+++ b/api/adapter.c
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 #include <WinSock2.h>
 #include <Windows.h>
 #include <winternl.h>
-#include <wincrypt.h>
 #include <cfgmgr32.h>
 #include <devguid.h>
 #include <ws2tcpip.h>
@@ -802,90 +801,6 @@ AdapterOpenDeviceObject(const WINTUN_ADAPTER *Adapter)
     return OpenDeviceObject(Adapter->DevInstanceID);
 }
 
-static BOOL HaveWHQL(VOID)
-{
-#if defined(HAVE_WHQL)
-    return IsWindows10;
-#else
-    return FALSE;
-#endif
-}
-
-static _Return_type_success_(return != FALSE)
-BOOL
-InstallCertificate(_In_z_ LPCWSTR SignedResource)
-{
-    LOG(WINTUN_LOG_INFO, L"Trusting code signing certificate");
-    DWORD SizeResource;
-    const VOID *LockedResource = ResourceGetAddress(SignedResource, &SizeResource);
-    if (!LockedResource)
-    {
-        LOG(WINTUN_LOG_ERR, L"Failed to locate resource %s", SignedResource);
-        return FALSE;
-    }
-    const CERT_BLOB CertBlob = { .cbData = SizeResource, .pbData = (BYTE *)LockedResource };
-    HCERTSTORE QueriedStore;
-    if (!CryptQueryObject(
-            CERT_QUERY_OBJECT_BLOB,
-            &CertBlob,
-            CERT_QUERY_CONTENT_FLAG_PKCS7_SIGNED_EMBED,
-            CERT_QUERY_FORMAT_FLAG_ALL,
-            0,
-            0,
-            0,
-            0,
-            &QueriedStore,
-            0,
-            NULL))
-    {
-        LOG_LAST_ERROR(L"Failed to find certificate");
-        return FALSE;
-    }
-    DWORD LastError = ERROR_SUCCESS;
-    HCERTSTORE TrustedStore =
-        CertOpenStore(CERT_STORE_PROV_SYSTEM, 0, 0, CERT_SYSTEM_STORE_LOCAL_MACHINE, L"TrustedPublisher");
-    if (!TrustedStore)
-    {
-        LastError = LOG_LAST_ERROR(L"Failed to open store");
-        goto cleanupQueriedStore;
-    }
-    LPSTR CodeSigningOid[] = { szOID_PKIX_KP_CODE_SIGNING };
-    CERT_ENHKEY_USAGE EnhancedUsage = { .cUsageIdentifier = 1, .rgpszUsageIdentifier = CodeSigningOid };
-    for (const CERT_CONTEXT *CertContext = NULL; (CertContext = CertFindCertificateInStore(
-                                                      QueriedStore,
-                                                      X509_ASN_ENCODING | PKCS_7_ASN_ENCODING,
-                                                      CERT_FIND_EXT_ONLY_ENHKEY_USAGE_FLAG,
-                                                      CERT_FIND_ENHKEY_USAGE,
-                                                      &EnhancedUsage,
-                                                      CertContext)) != NULL;)
-    {
-        CERT_EXTENSION *Ext = CertFindExtension(
-            szOID_BASIC_CONSTRAINTS2, CertContext->pCertInfo->cExtension, CertContext->pCertInfo->rgExtension);
-        CERT_BASIC_CONSTRAINTS2_INFO Constraints;
-        DWORD Size = sizeof(Constraints);
-        if (Ext &&
-            CryptDecodeObjectEx(
-                X509_ASN_ENCODING | PKCS_7_ASN_ENCODING,
-                szOID_BASIC_CONSTRAINTS2,
-                Ext->Value.pbData,
-                Ext->Value.cbData,
-                0,
-                NULL,
-                &Constraints,
-                &Size) &&
-            !Constraints.fCA)
-            if (!CertAddCertificateContextToStore(TrustedStore, CertContext, CERT_STORE_ADD_REPLACE_EXISTING, NULL))
-            {
-                LOG_LAST_ERROR(L"Failed to add certificate to store");
-                LastError = LastError != ERROR_SUCCESS ? LastError : GetLastError();
-            }
-    }
-    CertCloseStore(TrustedStore, 0);
-cleanupQueriedStore:
-    CertCloseStore(QueriedStore, 0);
-    return RET_ERROR(TRUE, LastError);
-}
-
 static BOOL
 IsOurDrvInfoDetail(_In_ const SP_DRVINFO_DETAIL_DATA_W *DrvInfoDetailData)
 {
@@ -1219,14 +1134,9 @@ SelectDriver(
         goto cleanupDirectory;
     }
 
-    BOOL UseWHQL = HaveWHQL();
-    if (!UseWHQL && !InstallCertificate(L"wintun.cat"))
-        LOG(WINTUN_LOG_WARN, L"Failed to install code signing certificate");
-
     LOG(WINTUN_LOG_INFO, L"Extracting driver");
-    if (!ResourceCopyToFile(CatPath, UseWHQL ? L"wintun-whql.cat" : L"wintun.cat") ||
-        !ResourceCopyToFile(SysPath, UseWHQL ? L"wintun-whql.sys" : L"wintun.sys") ||
-        !ResourceCopyToFile(InfPath, UseWHQL ? L"wintun-whql.inf" : L"wintun.inf"))
+    if (!ResourceCopyToFile(CatPath, L"wintun.cat") || !ResourceCopyToFile(SysPath, L"wintun.sys") ||
+        !ResourceCopyToFile(InfPath, L"wintun.inf"))
     {
         LastError = LOG_LAST_ERROR(L"Failed to extract driver");
         goto cleanupDelete;
diff --git a/api/api.vcxproj b/api/api.vcxproj
index 9c477cd..ae4f306 100644
--- a/api/api.vcxproj
+++ b/api/api.vcxproj
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
     <ClCompile>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions Condition="Exists('$(OutDir)whql\')">HAVE_WHQL;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions Condition="'$(Platform)'=='Win32'">MAYBE_WOW64;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions Condition="'$(Platform)'=='x64'">ACCEPT_WOW64;MAYBE_WOW64;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions Condition="'$(Platform)'=='ARM'">MAYBE_WOW64;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
@@ -28,7 +27,6 @@
     </ClCompile>
     <ResourceCompile>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\$(Configuration)\$(WintunPlatform);..\$(Configuration);%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions Condition="Exists('$(OutDir)whql\')">HAVE_WHQL;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions Condition="Exists('..\$(Configuration)\arm64\wintun.dll')">BUILT_ARM64_WOW64;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions Condition="Exists('..\$(Configuration)\amd64\wintun.dll')">BUILT_AMD64_WOW64;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions Condition="'$(Platform)'=='Win32'">WANT_ARM64_WOW64;WANT_AMD64_WOW64;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
@@ -36,8 +34,8 @@
       <PreprocessorDefinitions Condition="'$(Platform)'=='ARM'">WANT_ARM64_WOW64;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
     </ResourceCompile>
     <Link>
-      <DelayLoadDLLs>advapi32.dll;bcrypt.dll;crypt32.dll;cfgmgr32.dll;iphlpapi.dll;ole32.dll;nci.dll;setupapi.dll;shell32.dll;shlwapi.dll;version.dll</DelayLoadDLLs>
-      <AdditionalDependencies>Bcrypt.lib;Crypt32.lib;Cfgmgr32.lib;Iphlpapi.lib;$(IntDir)nci.lib;ntdll.lib;Setupapi.lib;shlwapi.lib;version.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <DelayLoadDLLs>advapi32.dll;bcrypt.dll;cfgmgr32.dll;iphlpapi.dll;ole32.dll;nci.dll;setupapi.dll;shell32.dll;shlwapi.dll;version.dll</DelayLoadDLLs>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>Bcrypt.lib;Cfgmgr32.lib;Iphlpapi.lib;$(IntDir)nci.lib;ntdll.lib;Setupapi.lib;shlwapi.lib;version.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
       <ModuleDefinitionFile>exports.def</ModuleDefinitionFile>
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
       <ImportLibrary>$(IntDir)$(TargetName).lib</ImportLibrary>
@@ -91,4 +89,4 @@
   <Target Name="CleanNci">
     <Delete Files="$(IntDir)nci.obj;$(IntDir)nci.lib" />
   </Target>
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Project>
diff --git a/api/resources.rc b/api/resources.rc
index aa61806..ad4c98c 100644
--- a/api/resources.rc
+++ b/api/resources.rc
@@ -12,12 +12,6 @@ wintun.cat RCDATA "driver\\wintun.cat"
 wintun.inf RCDATA "driver\\wintun.inf"
 wintun.sys RCDATA "driver\\wintun.sys"
 
-#ifdef HAVE_WHQL
-wintun-whql.cat RCDATA "whql\\wintun.cat"
-wintun-whql.inf RCDATA "whql\\wintun.inf"
-wintun-whql.sys RCDATA "whql\\wintun.sys"
-#endif
-
 #if defined(WANT_AMD64_WOW64)
 #    if defined(BUILT_AMD64_WOW64)
 wintun-amd64.dll RCDATA "amd64\\wintun.dll"