diff --git a/shell/platform/BUILD.gn b/shell/platform/BUILD.gn
index 89b1bbabe6f4d..206f997d9d04b 100644
--- a/shell/platform/BUILD.gn
+++ b/shell/platform/BUILD.gn
@@ -13,12 +13,9 @@ group("platform") {
     ]
   } else if (is_linux) {
     deps = []
-  } else if (is_win) {
-    deps = [
-      "windows",
-    ]
-  } else if ( is_fuchsia) {
-    # Fuchsia has its own runner implementation.
+  } else if (is_win || is_fuchsia) {
+    # There is no platform target on Windows. Fuchsia has its own runner
+    # implementation.
     deps = []
   } else {
     assert(false, "Unknown/Unsupported platform.")
diff --git a/shell/platform/common/cpp/client_wrapper/publish.gni b/shell/platform/common/cpp/client_wrapper/publish.gni
index 5483ab56a6a7c..8913062ced2f4 100644
--- a/shell/platform/common/cpp/client_wrapper/publish.gni
+++ b/shell/platform/common/cpp/client_wrapper/publish.gni
@@ -23,10 +23,7 @@ template("publish_client_wrapper") {
   }
 
   copy("${template_target_name}_publish_includes") {
-    visibility = [
-      ":$template_target_name",
-      ":${template_target_name}_publish_sources",
-    ]
+    visibility = [ ":$template_target_name" ]
 
     sources = invoker.public
     outputs = [
@@ -41,12 +38,5 @@ template("publish_client_wrapper") {
     outputs = [
       "$publish_dir_root/{{source_file_part}}",
     ]
-
-    # GN on Windows appears to do #include checks even for copy
-    # targets, so add the dependency to the headers to satisfy
-    # the check.
-    deps = [
-      ":${template_target_name}_publish_includes",
-    ]
   }
 }
diff --git a/shell/platform/windows/BUILD.gn b/shell/platform/windows/BUILD.gn
deleted file mode 100644
index 26fe53036b49a..0000000000000
--- a/shell/platform/windows/BUILD.gn
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2013 The Flutter Authors. All rights reserved.
-# Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
-# found in the LICENSE file.
-
-assert(is_win)
-
-group("windows") {
-  deps = [
-    ":flutter_windows",
-    "$flutter_root/shell/platform/glfw:publish_headers_glfw",
-    "$flutter_root/shell/platform/common/cpp/client_wrapper:publish_wrapper",
-    "$flutter_root/shell/platform/glfw/client_wrapper:publish_wrapper_glfw",
-  ]
-}
-
-shared_library("flutter_windows") {
-  deps = [
-    "$flutter_root/shell/platform/glfw:flutter_glfw",
-  ]
-
-  public_configs = [ "$flutter_root:config" ]
-}