diff --git a/cmake/build_helpers.cmake b/cmake/build_helpers.cmake
index 4847d7b69..dda2fc97e 100644
--- a/cmake/build_helpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/build_helpers.cmake
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ macro(configurePackingResources)
             set(CPACK_WIX_UI_BANNER "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/resources/dist/windows/wix_banner.png")
             set(CPACK_WIX_UI_DIALOG "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/resources/dist/windows/wix_dialog.png")
             set(CPACK_WIX_CULTURES "en-US;de-DE;ja-JP;it-IT;pt-BR;zh-CN;zh-TW;ru-RU")
+            set(CPACK_WIX_PATCH_FILE "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/resources/dist/windows/wix_patch.xml")
 
             set(CPACK_PACKAGE_INSTALL_DIRECTORY "ImHex")
             set_property(INSTALL "$<TARGET_FILE_NAME:main>"
@@ -314,7 +315,7 @@ macro(createPackage)
             POST_EXCLUDE_REGEXES ".*system32/.*\\.dll"
         )
 
-        if(_c_deps_FILENAMES AND NOT _c_deps STREQUAL "")
+        if(_c_deps_FILENAMES AND _c_deps AND NOT (_c_deps STREQUAL ""))
             message(WARNING "Conflicting dependencies for library: \"${_c_deps}\"!")
         endif()
 
@@ -333,30 +334,6 @@ macro(createPackage)
         endforeach()
         ]])
 
-        if (NOT MSVC)
-            set(VERSIONLESS_LIBWINPTHREAD "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/libwinpthread-1.dll")
-            find_file(LIBWINPTHREAD_PATH NAMES libwinpthread-1.dll)
-            if (NOT LIBWINPTHREAD_PATH)
-                message(FATAL_ERROR "Could not find libwinpthread-1.dll!")
-            endif()
-
-            add_custom_command(
-                    OUTPUT ${VERSIONLESS_LIBWINPTHREAD}
-                    COMMAND $<TARGET_FILE:version-stripper> ${LIBWINPTHREAD_PATH} ${VERSIONLESS_LIBWINPTHREAD}
-                    DEPENDS version-stripper
-                    COMMENT "Stripping version info from libwinpthread..."
-                    VERBATIM
-            )
-
-            add_custom_target(versionless_libwinpthread ALL
-                DEPENDS ${VERSIONLESS_LIBWINPTHREAD}
-            )
-
-            install(FILES ${VERSIONLESS_LIBWINPTHREAD}
-                DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}
-            )
-        endif()
-
         downloadImHexPatternsFiles(".")
     elseif(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
         set_target_properties(libimhex PROPERTIES SOVERSION ${IMHEX_VERSION})
diff --git a/main/CMakeLists.txt b/main/CMakeLists.txt
index 283be0ba6..068970440 100644
--- a/main/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/main/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,10 +7,6 @@ endif ()
 add_subdirectory(gui)
 if (WIN32)
     add_subdirectory(forwarder)
-
-    if (NOT MSVC)
-        add_subdirectory(version_stripper)
-    endif()
 endif ()
 
 if (NOT EMSCRIPTEN)
diff --git a/main/version_stripper/CMakeLists.txt b/main/version_stripper/CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index a8c215add..000000000
--- a/main/version_stripper/CMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-project(version-stripper)
-
-add_executable(version-stripper
-        source/main.cpp
-)
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diff --git a/main/version_stripper/source/main.cpp b/main/version_stripper/source/main.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 58494c2e4..000000000
--- a/main/version_stripper/source/main.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,109 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * A simple utility to strip version resources from Windows executables.
- *
- * Usage: version_stripper <input path> <output path>
- *
- * This program copies the input executable to the output path and removes
- * its version resource information.
- *
- * Based on https://github.com/shewitt-au/nuke_version
- */
-
-#include <filesystem>
-#include <tchar.h>
-#include <windows.h>
-#include <string>
-#include <stdexcept>
-#include <vector>
-
-using LangIds = std::vector<WORD>;
-
-BOOL CALLBACK EnumResLangProc(
-    HMODULE  hModule,
-    LPCTSTR  lpszType,
-    LPCTSTR  lpszName,
-    WORD     wIDLanguage,
-    LONG_PTR lParam
-) {
-    auto& langs = *reinterpret_cast<LangIds*>(lParam);
-    langs.push_back(wIDLanguage);
-    return true;
-}
-
-LangIds getLangIDs(LPCTSTR pExe) {
-    LangIds langs;
-
-    HMODULE hMod = LoadLibrary(pExe);
-    if (hMod == nullptr)
-        throw std::runtime_error("LoadLibrary failed!");
-
-    BOOL bOK = EnumResourceLanguages(
-        hMod,                                   // HMODULE hModule
-        RT_VERSION,                             // LPCTSTR lpType
-        MAKEINTRESOURCE(1),                     // LPCTSTR lpName
-        EnumResLangProc,                        // ENUMRESLANGPROC lpEnumFunc
-        reinterpret_cast<LONG_PTR>(&langs)      // LONG_PTR lParam
-    );
-
-    FreeLibrary(hMod);
-
-    if (!bOK)
-        throw std::runtime_error("EnumResourceLanguages failed!");
-
-    return langs;
-}
-
-void nukeVersionResource(LPCTSTR pExe) {
-    LangIds langs = getLangIDs(pExe);
-
-    HANDLE hResUpdate = BeginUpdateResource(pExe, FALSE);
-    if (hResUpdate == nullptr)
-        throw std::runtime_error("BeginUpdateResource failed!");
-
-    for (WORD langID : langs) {
-        BOOL bOK = UpdateResource(
-            hResUpdate,         // HANDLE hUpdate
-            RT_VERSION,         // LPCTSTR lpType
-            MAKEINTRESOURCE(1), // LPCTSTR lpName
-            langID,             // WORD wLanguage
-            nullptr,            // LPVOID lpData
-            0                   // DWORD cb
-        );
-
-        if (!bOK) {
-            EndUpdateResource(
-                hResUpdate, // HANDLE hUpdate
-                TRUE        // BOOL fDiscard
-            );
-
-            throw std::runtime_error("UpdateResource failed! Nothing done!");
-        }
-
-    }
-
-    EndUpdateResource(
-        hResUpdate, // HANDLE hUpdate
-        FALSE       // BOOL fDiscard
-    );
-}
-
-int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
-    if (argc != 3) {
-        printf("Usage: %s <input path> <output path>\n", argv[0]);
-        return 1;
-    }
-
-    std::filesystem::path inputPath(argv[1]);
-    std::filesystem::path outputPath(argv[2]);
-
-    try {
-        std::filesystem::copy(inputPath, outputPath, std::filesystem::copy_options::overwrite_existing);
-        nukeVersionResource(outputPath.c_str());
-    } catch (const std::exception& e) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "%s", e.what());
-        std::filesystem::remove(outputPath);
-        return 1;
-    }
-
-    return 0;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/resources/dist/windows/wix_patch.xml b/resources/dist/windows/wix_patch.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ff0219ba5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/dist/windows/wix_patch.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<CPackWiXPatch>
+    <CPackWiXFragment Id="#PRODUCT">
+        <SetProperty Id="REINSTALL" Value="ALL" After="CostFinalize" />
+        <SetProperty Id="REINSTALLMODE" Value="amus" After="CostFinalize" />
+    </CPackWiXFragment>
+</CPackWiXPatch>
\ No newline at end of file