diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 36475e8..2f9127b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -352,10 +352,6 @@ sudo launchctl unload /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.3proxy.3proxy.plist
 - Support `--remove` as service
 - Support for service START, STOP, PAUSE and CONTINUE commands (on PAUSE no new connection accepted, but active connections still in progress, on CONTINUE configuration is reloaded)
 
-**Windows 95/98/ME:**
-- Support `--install` as service
-- Support `--remove` as service
-
 ### 7. Compilation
 
 - MSVC (static)
diff --git a/man/3proxy.cfg.5 b/man/3proxy.cfg.5
index 98572d1..383a77f 100644
--- a/man/3proxy.cfg.5
+++ b/man/3proxy.cfg.5
@@ -739,8 +739,8 @@ the connection limit has been reached.
 .br
 .B service
 .br
- (deprecated). Indicates that 3proxy should behave as a Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP
-service; has no effect under Unix. Not required for 3proxy 0.6 and above. If
+ (deprecated). Indicates that 3proxy should behave as a Windows service;
+has no effect under Unix. Not required for 3proxy 0.6 and above. If
 you upgraded from a previous version of 3proxy, use --remove and --install
 to reinstall the service.
 
diff --git a/src/3proxy.c b/src/3proxy.c
index 6ad714e..c796225 100644
--- a/src/3proxy.c
+++ b/src/3proxy.c
@@ -45,11 +45,9 @@ void doschedule(void);
 
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
-OSVERSIONINFO osv;
 int service = 0;
 
 void cyclestep(void);
-#ifndef _WINCE
 SERVICE_STATUS_HANDLE hSrv;
 DWORD dwCurrState;
 int SetStatus( DWORD dwState, DWORD dwExitCode, DWORD dwProgress )
@@ -105,7 +103,6 @@ void __stdcall ServiceMain(int argc, unsigned char* argv[] )
     /* the last thing: the process may be ended once this is reported */
     SetStatus( SERVICE_STOPPED, 0, 0 );
 }
-#endif
 
 #else
 
@@ -297,15 +294,7 @@ void cyclestep(void){
 
 
 
-#ifndef _WINCE
 int main(int argc, char * argv[]) {
-#else
-int WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPWSTR lpCmdLine, int nCmdShow){
- int argc;
- char ** argv;
- WNDCLASS wc;
- HWND hwnd = 0;
-#endif
 
   int res = 0;
   FILE * fp = NULL;
@@ -315,31 +304,13 @@ int WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPWSTR lpCmdLine, int
   WSADATA wd;
   unsigned char tmpbuf[8192];
 
-  WSAStartup(MAKEWORD( 1, 1 ), &wd);
-  osv.dwOSVersionInfoSize = sizeof(osv);
-  GetVersionEx(&osv);
+  WSAStartup(MAKEWORD( 2, 2 ), &wd);
 #endif
 
 
-#ifdef _WINCE
-	argc = ceparseargs((char *)lpCmdLine);
-	argv = ceargv;
-	if(FindWindow(L"3proxy", L"3proxy")) return 0;
-	ZeroMemory(&wc,sizeof(wc));
-	wc.hbrBackground=(HBRUSH)GetStockObject(BLACK_BRUSH);
-	wc.hInstance=hInstance;
-	wc.hCursor=LoadCursor(NULL,IDC_ARROW);
-	wc.lpfnWndProc=DefWindowProc;
-	wc.style=CS_HREDRAW|CS_VREDRAW;
-	wc.lpszClassName=L"3proxy";
-	RegisterClass(&wc);
-
-	hwnd = CreateWindowEx(0,L"3proxy",L"3proxy",WS_VISIBLE|WS_POPUP,0,0,0,0,0,0,hInstance,0);
-#endif
 
   conf->stringtable = strings;
 #ifdef _WIN32
-#ifndef _WINCE
   if((argc == 2 || argc == 3)&& !strcmp((char *)argv[1], "--install")) {
 
 	sprintf((char *)tmpbuf, "%s will be installed and started.\n"
@@ -360,7 +331,7 @@ int WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPWSTR lpCmdLine, int
 		RETURN(103);
 	}
 	strcat((char *)tmpbuf, "\" --service");
-	if(osv.dwPlatformId  == VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_NT){
+	{
 		SC_HANDLE sch;
 
 		if(!(sch = OpenSCManager(NULL, NULL, GENERIC_WRITE|SERVICE_START ))){
@@ -376,33 +347,11 @@ int WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPWSTR lpCmdLine, int
 			RETURN(103);
 		}
 	}
-	else {
-		HKEY runsrv;
-
-		if(RegOpenKeyEx( HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, 
-				"Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\RunServices",
-				0,
-				KEY_ALL_ACCESS,
-				&runsrv) != ERROR_SUCCESS){
-			perror("Failed to open registry");
-			RETURN(104);
-		}
-		if(RegSetValueEx(  runsrv,
-				(LPCSTR)conf->stringtable[1],
-				0,
-				REG_EXPAND_SZ,
-				(BYTE *)tmpbuf,
-				(int)strlen((char *)tmpbuf)+1)!=ERROR_SUCCESS){
-			perror("Failed to set registry value");
-			RETURN(105);
-		}
-
-	}
 	return 0;
   }
   if((argc == 2 || argc == 3)&& !strcmp((char *)argv[1], "--remove")) {
 
-	if(osv.dwPlatformId  == VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_NT){
+	{
 		SC_HANDLE sch;
 
 		if(!(sch = OpenSCManager(NULL, NULL, GENERIC_WRITE))){
@@ -418,28 +367,12 @@ int WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPWSTR lpCmdLine, int
 			RETURN(108);
 		}
 	}
-	else {
-		HKEY runsrv;
-		if(RegOpenKeyEx( HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, 
-				"Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\RunServices",
-				0,
-				KEY_ALL_ACCESS,
-				&runsrv) != ERROR_SUCCESS){
-			perror("Failed to open registry");
-			RETURN(109);
-		}
-		if(RegDeleteValue(runsrv, (LPCSTR)conf->stringtable[1]) != ERROR_SUCCESS){
-			perror("Failed to clear registry");
-			RETURN(110);
-		}
-	}
 	RETURN(0);
   }
   if(argc==3 && !strcmp(argv[2], "--service")){
 	service = 1;
 	argc = 2;
   }
-#endif
 #endif
   conf->conffile = strdup((argc==2)?argv[1]:(char*)DEFAULTCONFIG);
   if(conf->conffile && *conf->conffile != '-') {
@@ -472,7 +405,7 @@ int WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPWSTR lpCmdLine, int
      written to is an error, not the end */
   signal(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
 #endif
-#if defined _WIN32 && !defined _WINCE
+#ifdef _WIN32
   if(service) logstdclose();
 #endif
   sysdnsinit();	/* the system's name servers and hosts, before a chroot too */
@@ -532,7 +465,6 @@ int WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPWSTR lpCmdLine, int
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
   
-#ifndef _WINCE
   if(service){
 	SERVICE_TABLE_ENTRY ste[] = 
 	{
@@ -545,7 +477,6 @@ int WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPWSTR lpCmdLine, int
 	}
   }
   else 
-#endif
   {
 	cyclestep();
 	/* what is queued to the logs written */
diff --git a/src/common.c b/src/common.c
index 7af4ac4..adf7b59 100644
--- a/src/common.c
+++ b/src/common.c
@@ -523,52 +523,6 @@ int sockpoll(struct sockfuncs *sf, void *state, struct pollfd *fds, unsigned nfd
 	return res;
 }
 
-#ifdef _WINCE
-
-static char cebuf[1024];
-static char ceargbuf[256];
-char * ceargv[32];
-
-char * CEToUnicode (const char *str){
-	int i;
-
-	for(i=0; i<510 && str[i]; i++){
-		cebuf[(i*2)] = str[i];
-		cebuf[(i*2)+1] = 0;
-	}
-	cebuf[(i*2)] = 0;
-	cebuf[(i*2)+1] = 0;
-	return cebuf;
-};
-
-int cesystem(const char *str){
-	STARTUPINFO startupInfo = {0};
-	startupInfo.cb = sizeof(startupInfo);
-
-	PROCESS_INFORMATION processInformation;
-
-	return CreateProcessW((LPWSTR)CEToUnicode(str), NULL, NULL, NULL, FALSE, NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS, NULL, NULL, &startupInfo, &processInformation);
-}
-
-int ceparseargs(const char *str){
-	int argc = 0, i;
-	int space = 1;
-
-	for(i=0; i<250 && argc<30 && str[2*i]; i++){
-		ceargbuf[i] = str[2*i];
-		if(space && ceargbuf[i]!=' '&& ceargbuf[i]!='\t'&& ceargbuf[i]!='\r'&& ceargbuf[i]!='\n'){
-			ceargv[argc++] = ceargbuf + i;
-			space = 0;
-		}
-		else if(!space && (ceargbuf[i]==' ' || ceargbuf[i]=='\t' || ceargbuf[i]=='\r' || ceargbuf[i]=='\n')){
-			ceargbuf[i] = 0;
-			space = 1;
-		}
-	}
-	return argc;
-}
-
-#endif
 
 int parsehost(int family, unsigned char *host, struct sockaddr *sa){
 	char *sp=NULL,*se=NULL;
diff --git a/src/conf.c b/src/conf.c
index 7127826..ae73959 100644
--- a/src/conf.c
+++ b/src/conf.c
@@ -194,11 +194,7 @@ static int startservice(void *service){
 	runningservices++;
 	_3proxy_mutex_unlock(&runningservices_mutex);
 #ifdef _WIN32
-#ifndef _WINCE
 	h = (HANDLE)_beginthreadex((LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES )NULL, 16384+conf->stacksize, (void *)startsrv, service, (DWORD)0, &thread);
-#else
-	h = (HANDLE)CreateThread((LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES )NULL, 16384+conf->stacksize, (void *)startsrv, service, (DWORD)0, &thread);
-#endif
 	if(h)CloseHandle(h);
 	else {
 #else
@@ -1871,20 +1867,12 @@ static int h_plugin(int argc, unsigned char **argv){
 	HINSTANCE hi;
 	FARPROC fp;
 
-#ifdef _WINCE
-	hi = LoadLibraryW((LPCWSTR)CEToUnicode(argv[1]));
-#else
 	hi = LoadLibrary((char *)argv[1]);
-#endif
 	if(!hi) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "Failed to load %s, code %d\n", argv[1], (int)GetLastError());
 		return 1;
 	}
-#ifdef _WINCE
-	fp = GetProcAddressW(hi, (LPCWSTR)CEToUnicode(argv[2]));
-#else
 	fp = GetProcAddress(hi, (char *)argv[2]);
-#endif
 	if(!fp) {
 		printf("%s not found in %s, code: %d\n", argv[2], argv[1], (int)GetLastError());
 		return 2;
diff --git a/src/fiber.h b/src/fiber.h
index c9747e3..f4d5e66 100644
--- a/src/fiber.h
+++ b/src/fiber.h
@@ -17,9 +17,7 @@
 #define _FIBER_H
 
 #if defined _WIN32
-#ifndef _WINCE
 #define FIBER_WINDOWS
-#endif
 #elif defined __x86_64__ && defined __LP64__
 #define FIBER_X86_64
 #elif defined __aarch64__ && defined __LP64__
diff --git a/src/log.c b/src/log.c
index 61dca96..8644f2b 100644
--- a/src/log.c
+++ b/src/log.c
@@ -835,11 +835,7 @@ static void logstart(struct logger *lg){
 	}
 	lg->stop = 0;
 #ifdef _WIN32
-#ifndef _WINCE
 	h = (HANDLE)_beginthreadex((LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES )NULL, (unsigned)(65536 + lg->type->stacksize), (void *)logthread, (void *)lg, 0, &thread);
-#else
-	h = (HANDLE)CreateThread((LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES )NULL, (unsigned)(65536 + lg->type->stacksize), (void *)logthread, (void *)lg, 0, &thread);
-#endif
 	res = !h;
 	if(h) CloseHandle(h);
 #else
diff --git a/src/loop.h b/src/loop.h
index 8f530a0..d4dc937 100644
--- a/src/loop.h
+++ b/src/loop.h
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #define LOOP_EPOLL
 #elif !defined LOOP_POLL && (defined __APPLE__ || defined __FreeBSD__ || defined __NetBSD__ || defined __OpenBSD__ || defined __DragonFly__)
 #define LOOP_KQUEUE
-#elif !defined LOOP_POLL && defined _WIN32 && !defined _WINCE
+#elif !defined LOOP_POLL && defined _WIN32
 #define LOOP_AFD
 #elif !defined LOOP_POLL
 #define LOOP_POLL
diff --git a/src/mainclient.c b/src/mainclient.c
index 074c00c..7fb5cfa 100644
--- a/src/mainclient.c
+++ b/src/mainclient.c
@@ -342,11 +342,7 @@ static int srvspawn(struct srvstart *s, SOCKET client_sock){
     a loop given its client once counted */
  if(!reused && !job){
 #ifdef _WIN32
-#ifndef _WINCE
  h = (HANDLE)_beginthreadex((LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES )NULL, (unsigned)(16384 + srv->stacksize), (void *)threadfunc, (void *) newparam, 0, &thread);
-#else
- h = (HANDLE)CreateThread((LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES )NULL, (unsigned)(16384 + srv->stacksize), (void *)threadfunc, (void *) newparam, 0, &thread);
-#endif
  if (h) {
 	CloseHandle(h);
  }
diff --git a/src/plugins/FilePlugin/FilePlugin.c b/src/plugins/FilePlugin/FilePlugin.c
index df7cd32..f069c5d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/FilePlugin/FilePlugin.c
+++ b/src/plugins/FilePlugin/FilePlugin.c
@@ -17,12 +17,8 @@
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <time.h>
 #ifdef _WIN32
-#ifndef _WINCE
 #include <io.h>
 #else
-#include <sys/unistd.h>
-#endif
-#else
 #include <unistd.h>
 #ifndef O_BINARY
 #define O_BINARY (0)
diff --git a/src/proxy.h b/src/proxy.h
index 2df5a7a..aa4797d 100644
--- a/src/proxy.h
+++ b/src/proxy.h
@@ -59,11 +59,7 @@
 #ifdef _WIN32
 #include <winsock2.h>
 #include <sys/timeb.h>
-#ifndef _WINCE
 #include <io.h>
-#else
-#include <sys/unistd.h>
-#endif
 #include <process.h>
 #define SASIZETYPE int
 #define SHUT_RDWR SD_BOTH
@@ -109,11 +105,7 @@
 #define pthread_self GetCurrentThreadId
 #define getpid GetCurrentProcessId
 #define pthread_t unsigned
-#ifndef _WINCE
 #define daemonize() FreeConsole()
-#else
-#define daemonize()
-#endif
 #define socket(x, y, z) WSASocket(x, y, z, NULL, 0, 0)
 #define accept(x, y, z) WSAAccept(x, y, z, NULL, 0)
 #define ftruncate chsize
@@ -649,14 +641,6 @@ int getopts(const char *s, struct sockoptset *opts);
 void setopts(SOCKET s, const struct sockoptset *opts, int maxseg);
 char * printopts(char *sep);
 
-#ifdef _WINCE
-char * CEToUnicode (const char *str);
-int cesystem(const char *str);
-int ceparseargs(const char *str);
-extern char * ceargv[32];
-
-#define system(S) cesystem(S)
-#endif
 
 #define WEBBANNERS 35
 
diff --git a/src/proxymain.c b/src/proxymain.c
index 3969a26..edf00d1 100644
--- a/src/proxymain.c
+++ b/src/proxymain.c
@@ -198,19 +198,9 @@ EXIT:
 
 #ifdef STDMAIN
 
-#ifndef _WINCE
 
 int main (int argc, char** argv){
 
-#else
-
-int WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPWSTR lpCmdLine, int nCmdShow){
- int argc;
- char ** argv;
- WNDCLASS wc;
- HWND hwnd = 0;
-
-#endif
  struct srvstart s;
  int res;
 #ifndef _WIN32
@@ -218,21 +208,6 @@ int WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPWSTR lpCmdLine, int
  struct clientparam *newparam;
 #endif
 
-#ifdef _WINCE
- argc = ceparseargs((char *)lpCmdLine);
- argv = ceargv;
- if(FindWindow(lpCmdLine, lpCmdLine)) return 0;
- ZeroMemory(&wc,sizeof(wc));
- wc.hbrBackground=(HBRUSH)GetStockObject(BLACK_BRUSH);
- wc.hInstance=hInstance;
- wc.hCursor=LoadCursor(NULL,IDC_ARROW);
- wc.lpfnWndProc=DefWindowProc;
- wc.style=CS_HREDRAW|CS_VREDRAW;
- wc.lpszClassName=lpCmdLine;
- RegisterClass(&wc);
-
- hwnd = CreateWindowEx(WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW,lpCmdLine,lpCmdLine,WS_VISIBLE|WS_POPUP,0,0,0,0,0,0,hInstance,0);
-#endif
 
 
 #ifdef _WIN32