diff --git a/lib/pwsh/util.rb b/lib/pwsh/util.rb
index 4d795c21..ae2c5f32 100644
--- a/lib/pwsh/util.rb
+++ b/lib/pwsh/util.rb
@@ -7,14 +7,12 @@ module Util
     module_function
 
     # Verifies whether or not the current context is running on a Windows node.
+    # Implementation copied from `facets`: https://github.com/rubyworks/facets/blob/main/lib/standard/facets/rbconfig.rb
     #
     # @return [Bool] true if on windows
     def on_windows?
-      # Ruby only sets File::ALT_SEPARATOR on Windows and the Ruby standard
-      # library uses that to test what platform it's on.
-      require 'rbconfig'
-      is_windows = (RbConfig::CONFIG['host_os'] =~ /mswin|mingw|cygwin/)
-      !!is_windows
+      host_os = RbConfig::CONFIG['host_os']
+      !!(host_os =~ /mswin|mingw/)
     end
 
     # Verify paths specified are valid directories which exist.