diff --git a/windows/mkwinsyscall/mkwinsyscall.go b/windows/mkwinsyscall/mkwinsyscall.go
index ed8c3ac..75b5bd2 100644
--- a/windows/mkwinsyscall/mkwinsyscall.go
+++ b/windows/mkwinsyscall/mkwinsyscall.go
@@ -196,11 +196,6 @@
 		s = fmt.Sprintf("unsafe.Pointer(%s)", p.Name)
 	case t == "bool":
 		s = p.tmpVar()
-	case t == "Coord":
-		// Convert a COORD into a uintptr (by fooling the type system). This code
-		// assumes the two SHORTs are correctly laid out; the "cast" to uint32 is
-		// just to get a pointer to pass.
-		s = fmt.Sprintf("*((*uint32)(unsafe.Pointer(&%s)))", p.Name)
 	case strings.HasPrefix(t, "[]"):
 		return []string{
 			fmt.Sprintf("uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(%s))", p.tmpVar()),
diff --git a/windows/syscall_windows.go b/windows/syscall_windows.go
index 598e8ce..008ffc1 100644
--- a/windows/syscall_windows.go
+++ b/windows/syscall_windows.go
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@
 //sys	GetConsoleMode(console Handle, mode *uint32) (err error) = kernel32.GetConsoleMode
 //sys	SetConsoleMode(console Handle, mode uint32) (err error) = kernel32.SetConsoleMode
 //sys	GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo(console Handle, info *ConsoleScreenBufferInfo) (err error) = kernel32.GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo
-//sys	SetConsoleCursorPosition(console Handle, position Coord) (err error) = kernel32.SetConsoleCursorPosition
+//sys	setConsoleCursorPosition(console Handle, position uint32) (err error) = kernel32.SetConsoleCursorPosition
 //sys	WriteConsole(console Handle, buf *uint16, towrite uint32, written *uint32, reserved *byte) (err error) = kernel32.WriteConsoleW
 //sys	ReadConsole(console Handle, buf *uint16, toread uint32, read *uint32, inputControl *byte) (err error) = kernel32.ReadConsoleW
 //sys	CreateToolhelp32Snapshot(flags uint32, processId uint32) (handle Handle, err error) [failretval==InvalidHandle] = kernel32.CreateToolhelp32Snapshot
@@ -1480,3 +1480,7 @@
 		return languages, nil
 	}
 }
+
+func SetConsoleCursorPosition(console Handle, position Coord) error {
+	return setConsoleCursorPosition(console, *((*uint32)(unsafe.Pointer(&position))))
+}
diff --git a/windows/zsyscall_windows.go b/windows/zsyscall_windows.go
index 5d0a54e..d400c35 100644
--- a/windows/zsyscall_windows.go
+++ b/windows/zsyscall_windows.go
@@ -2316,8 +2316,8 @@
 	return
 }
 
-func SetConsoleCursorPosition(console Handle, position Coord) (err error) {
-	r1, _, e1 := syscall.Syscall(procSetConsoleCursorPosition.Addr(), 2, uintptr(console), uintptr(*((*uint32)(unsafe.Pointer(&position)))), 0)
+func setConsoleCursorPosition(console Handle, position uint32) (err error) {
+	r1, _, e1 := syscall.Syscall(procSetConsoleCursorPosition.Addr(), 2, uintptr(console), uintptr(position), 0)
 	if r1 == 0 {
 		err = errnoErr(e1)
 	}