diff --git a/src/crypto/rand/rand.go b/src/crypto/rand/rand.go
index a5ccd19..fddd114 100644
--- a/src/crypto/rand/rand.go
+++ b/src/crypto/rand/rand.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 // On Linux and FreeBSD, Reader uses getrandom(2) if available, /dev/urandom otherwise.
 // On OpenBSD, Reader uses getentropy(2).
 // On other Unix-like systems, Reader reads from /dev/urandom.
-// On Windows systems, Reader uses the CryptGenRandom API.
+// On Windows systems, Reader uses the RtlGenRandom API.
 // On Wasm, Reader uses the Web Crypto API.
 var Reader io.Reader
 
@@ -23,7 +23,3 @@
 func Read(b []byte) (n int, err error) {
 	return io.ReadFull(Reader, b)
 }
-
-func warnBlocked() {
-	println("crypto/rand: blocked for 60 seconds waiting to read random data from the kernel")
-}
diff --git a/src/crypto/rand/rand_unix.go b/src/crypto/rand/rand_unix.go
index 0610f69..548a5e4 100644
--- a/src/crypto/rand/rand_unix.go
+++ b/src/crypto/rand/rand_unix.go
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@
 // urandom-style randomness.
 var altGetRandom func([]byte) (ok bool)
 
+func warnBlocked() {
+	println("crypto/rand: blocked for 60 seconds waiting to read random data from the kernel")
+}
+
 func (r *devReader) Read(b []byte) (n int, err error) {
 	if atomic.CompareAndSwapInt32(&r.used, 0, 1) {
 		// First use of randomness. Start timer to warn about
diff --git a/src/crypto/rand/rand_windows.go b/src/crypto/rand/rand_windows.go
index 78a4ed6..8b2c960 100644
--- a/src/crypto/rand/rand_windows.go
+++ b/src/crypto/rand/rand_windows.go
@@ -9,48 +9,24 @@
 
 import (
 	"os"
-	"sync"
-	"sync/atomic"
 	"syscall"
-	"time"
 )
 
-// Implemented by using Windows CryptoAPI 2.0.
-
 func init() { Reader = &rngReader{} }
 
-// A rngReader satisfies reads by reading from the Windows CryptGenRandom API.
-type rngReader struct {
-	used int32 // atomic; whether this rngReader has been used
-	prov syscall.Handle
-	mu   sync.Mutex
-}
+type rngReader struct{}
 
 func (r *rngReader) Read(b []byte) (n int, err error) {
-	if atomic.CompareAndSwapInt32(&r.used, 0, 1) {
-		// First use of randomness. Start timer to warn about
-		// being blocked on entropy not being available.
-		t := time.AfterFunc(60*time.Second, warnBlocked)
-		defer t.Stop()
-	}
-	r.mu.Lock()
-	if r.prov == 0 {
-		const provType = syscall.PROV_RSA_FULL
-		const flags = syscall.CRYPT_VERIFYCONTEXT | syscall.CRYPT_SILENT
-		err := syscall.CryptAcquireContext(&r.prov, nil, nil, provType, flags)
-		if err != nil {
-			r.mu.Unlock()
-			return 0, os.NewSyscallError("CryptAcquireContext", err)
-		}
-	}
-	r.mu.Unlock()
+	// RtlGenRandom only accepts 2**32-1 bytes at a time, so truncate.
+	inputLen := uint32(len(b))
 
-	if len(b) == 0 {
+	if inputLen == 0 {
 		return 0, nil
 	}
-	err = syscall.CryptGenRandom(r.prov, uint32(len(b)), &b[0])
+
+	err = syscall.RtlGenRandom(&b[0], inputLen)
 	if err != nil {
-		return 0, os.NewSyscallError("CryptGenRandom", err)
+		return 0, os.NewSyscallError("RtlGenRandom", err)
 	}
-	return len(b), nil
+	return int(inputLen), nil
 }
diff --git a/src/syscall/syscall_windows.go b/src/syscall/syscall_windows.go
index 40c43de..0eea2b8 100644
--- a/src/syscall/syscall_windows.go
+++ b/src/syscall/syscall_windows.go
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@
 //sys	CryptAcquireContext(provhandle *Handle, container *uint16, provider *uint16, provtype uint32, flags uint32) (err error) = advapi32.CryptAcquireContextW
 //sys	CryptReleaseContext(provhandle Handle, flags uint32) (err error) = advapi32.CryptReleaseContext
 //sys	CryptGenRandom(provhandle Handle, buflen uint32, buf *byte) (err error) = advapi32.CryptGenRandom
+//sys	RtlGenRandom(buf *uint8, bytes uint32) (err error) = advapi32.SystemFunction036
 //sys	GetEnvironmentStrings() (envs *uint16, err error) [failretval==nil] = kernel32.GetEnvironmentStringsW
 //sys	FreeEnvironmentStrings(envs *uint16) (err error) = kernel32.FreeEnvironmentStringsW
 //sys	GetEnvironmentVariable(name *uint16, buffer *uint16, size uint32) (n uint32, err error) = kernel32.GetEnvironmentVariableW
diff --git a/src/syscall/zsyscall_windows.go b/src/syscall/zsyscall_windows.go
index 2348f65..b4222f0 100644
--- a/src/syscall/zsyscall_windows.go
+++ b/src/syscall/zsyscall_windows.go
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@
 	procCryptAcquireContextW               = modadvapi32.NewProc("CryptAcquireContextW")
 	procCryptReleaseContext                = modadvapi32.NewProc("CryptReleaseContext")
 	procCryptGenRandom                     = modadvapi32.NewProc("CryptGenRandom")
+	procSystemFunction036                  = modadvapi32.NewProc("SystemFunction036")
 	procGetEnvironmentStringsW             = modkernel32.NewProc("GetEnvironmentStringsW")
 	procFreeEnvironmentStringsW            = modkernel32.NewProc("FreeEnvironmentStringsW")
 	procGetEnvironmentVariableW            = modkernel32.NewProc("GetEnvironmentVariableW")
@@ -821,6 +822,18 @@
 	return
 }
 
+func RtlGenRandom(buf *uint8, bytes uint32) (err error) {
+	r1, _, e1 := Syscall(procSystemFunction036.Addr(), 2, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(buf)), uintptr(bytes), 0)
+	if r1 == 0 {
+		if e1 != 0 {
+			err = errnoErr(e1)
+		} else {
+			err = EINVAL
+		}
+	}
+	return
+}
+
 func GetEnvironmentStrings() (envs *uint16, err error) {
 	r0, _, e1 := Syscall(procGetEnvironmentStringsW.Addr(), 0, 0, 0, 0)
 	envs = (*uint16)(unsafe.Pointer(r0))