diff --git a/engine/common/common.h b/engine/common/common.h
index 589274f4..4d8e836c 100644
--- a/engine/common/common.h
+++ b/engine/common/common.h
@@ -285,9 +285,6 @@ typedef enum bugcomp_e
 
 typedef struct host_parm_s
 {
-	HINSTANCE			hInst;
-	HANDLE				hMutex;
-
 	host_status_t	status;		// global host state
 	game_status_t	game;		// game manager
 	uint		type;		// running at
diff --git a/engine/common/crashhandler.c b/engine/common/crashhandler.c
index d4877c79..c0136028 100644
--- a/engine/common/crashhandler.c
+++ b/engine/common/crashhandler.c
@@ -325,7 +325,6 @@ void Sys_SetupCrashHandler( void )
 {
 	SetErrorMode( SEM_FAILCRITICALERRORS );	// no abort/retry/fail errors
 	oldFilter = SetUnhandledExceptionFilter( Sys_Crash );
-	host.hInst = GetModuleHandle( NULL );
 }
 
 void Sys_RestoreCrashHandler( void )
diff --git a/engine/platform/sdl/vid_sdl.c b/engine/platform/sdl/vid_sdl.c
index 7d6ebaa9..a7e6299a 100644
--- a/engine/platform/sdl/vid_sdl.c
+++ b/engine/platform/sdl/vid_sdl.c
@@ -654,6 +654,7 @@ static void VID_SetWindowIcon( SDL_Window *hWnd )
 	char iconpath[MAX_STRING];
 #if XASH_WIN32 // ICO support only for Win32
 	const char *localIcoPath;
+	HINSTANCE hInst = GetModuleHandle( NULL );
 
 	if(( localIcoPath = FS_GetDiskPath( GI->iconpath, true )))
 	{
@@ -685,7 +686,7 @@ static void VID_SetWindowIcon( SDL_Window *hWnd )
 	}
 
 #if XASH_WIN32 // ICO support only for Win32
-	WIN_SetWindowIcon( LoadIcon( host.hInst, MAKEINTRESOURCE( 101 )));
+	WIN_SetWindowIcon( LoadIcon( hInst, MAKEINTRESOURCE( 101 )));
 #endif
 }
 #endif // SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST( 2, 0, 0 )
diff --git a/engine/platform/win32/con_win.c b/engine/platform/win32/con_win.c
index d2851861..1b0a5711 100644
--- a/engine/platform/win32/con_win.c
+++ b/engine/platform/win32/con_win.c
@@ -608,10 +608,6 @@ void Wcon_DestroyConsole( void )
 	}
 
 	FreeConsole();
-
-	// place it here in case Sys_Crash working properly
-	if( host.hMutex )
-		CloseHandle( host.hMutex );
 }
 
 /*