diff --git a/win32/src/PyWinTypes.h b/win32/src/PyWinTypes.h
index 259387390..9763cab6a 100644
--- a/win32/src/PyWinTypes.h
+++ b/win32/src/PyWinTypes.h
@@ -48,22 +48,6 @@
     if (!(dict = PyModule_GetDict(module)))                                                                 \
         return NULL;
 
-// clang-format off
-#define PYWIN_BEGIN_LOAD_LIBRARY(NAME) \
-{ \
-    DWORD lastErr = GetLastError(); \
-    HMODULE hmodule = GetModuleHandle(TEXT(NAME)); \
-    if (hmodule == NULL) \
-        hmodule = LoadLibrary(TEXT(NAME)); \
-    if (hmodule != NULL) { \
-        SetLastError(lastErr);
-
-
-#define PYWIN_END_LOAD_LIBRARY \
-    } \
-}
-// clang-format om
-
 // Helpers for our types.
 // Macro to handle PyObject layout changes in Py3k
 #define PYWIN_OBJECT_HEAD PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT(NULL, 0)
@@ -99,6 +83,8 @@ typedef Py_ssize_t Py_hash_t;
 #endif  // _MSC_VER
 #endif  // BUILD_PYWINTYPES
 
+extern PYWINTYPES_EXPORT HMODULE PyWin_LibraryModule(char *name);
+
 // Py3k uses memoryview object in place of buffer, and we don't yet.
 extern PYWINTYPES_EXPORT PyObject *PyBuffer_New(Py_ssize_t size);
 extern PYWINTYPES_EXPORT PyObject *PyBuffer_FromMemory(void *buf, Py_ssize_t size);
diff --git a/win32/src/PyWinTypesmodule.cpp b/win32/src/PyWinTypesmodule.cpp
index 1564f84d5..f83847512 100644
--- a/win32/src/PyWinTypesmodule.cpp
+++ b/win32/src/PyWinTypesmodule.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,17 @@ extern PyObject *PyWinMethod_NewHKEY(PyObject *self, PyObject *args);
 extern BOOL _PyWinDateTime_Init();
 extern BOOL _PyWinDateTime_PrepareModuleDict(PyObject *dict);
 
+HMODULE PyWin_LibraryModule(char *name)
+{
+    DWORD lastErr = GetLastError();
+    HMODULE hmodule = GetModuleHandleA(name);
+    if (hmodule == NULL)
+        hmodule = LoadLibraryA(name);
+    if (hmodule != NULL)
+        SetLastError(lastErr);
+    return hmodule;
+}
+
 // XXX - Needs py3k modernization!
 // For py3k, a function that returns new memoryview object instead of buffer.
 // ??? Byte array object is mutable, maybe just use that directly as a substitute ???
diff --git a/win32/src/win32apimodule.cpp b/win32/src/win32apimodule.cpp
index be2b991ce..75d0ef16c 100644
--- a/win32/src/win32apimodule.cpp
+++ b/win32/src/win32apimodule.cpp
@@ -6261,12 +6261,14 @@ PYWIN_MODULE_INIT_FUNC(win32api)
     PyModule_AddIntConstant(module, "VS_FF_SPECIALBUILD", VS_FF_SPECIALBUILD);
 
     // clang-format off
-    PYWIN_BEGIN_LOAD_LIBRARY("secur32.dll")
+    HMODULE hmodule = PyWin_LibraryModule("secur32.dll");
+    if (hmodule != NULL) {
         pfnGetUserNameEx = (GetUserNameExfunc)GetProcAddress(hmodule, "GetUserNameExW");
         pfnGetComputerObjectName = (GetUserNameExfunc)GetProcAddress(hmodule, "GetComputerObjectNameW");
-    PYWIN_END_LOAD_LIBRARY
+    }
 
-    PYWIN_BEGIN_LOAD_LIBRARY("kernel32.dll")
+    hmodule = PyWin_LibraryModule("kernel32.dll");
+    if (hmodule != NULL) {
         pfnGetComputerNameEx = (GetComputerNameExfunc)GetProcAddress(hmodule, "GetComputerNameExW");
         pfnGetLongPathNameA = (GetLongPathNameAfunc)GetProcAddress(hmodule, "GetLongPathNameA");
         pfnGetLongPathNameW = (GetLongPathNameWfunc)GetProcAddress(hmodule, "GetLongPathNameW");
@@ -6279,10 +6281,10 @@ PYWIN_MODULE_INIT_FUNC(win32api)
         pfnSetDllDirectory = (SetDllDirectoryfunc)GetProcAddress(hmodule, "SetDllDirectoryW");
         pfnSetSystemPowerState = (SetSystemPowerStatefunc)GetProcAddress(hmodule, "SetSystemPowerState");
         pfnGetNativeSystemInfo = (GetNativeSystemInfofunc)GetProcAddress(hmodule, "GetNativeSystemInfo");
-    PYWIN_END_LOAD_LIBRARY
-
+    }
 
-    PYWIN_BEGIN_LOAD_LIBRARY("user32.dll")
+    hmodule = PyWin_LibraryModule("user32.dll");
+    if (hmodule != NULL) {
         pfnEnumDisplayMonitors = (EnumDisplayMonitorsfunc)GetProcAddress(hmodule, "EnumDisplayMonitors");
         pfnEnumDisplayDevices = (EnumDisplayDevicesfunc)GetProcAddress(hmodule, "EnumDisplayDevicesW");
         pfnChangeDisplaySettingsEx = (ChangeDisplaySettingsExfunc)GetProcAddress(hmodule, "ChangeDisplaySettingsExW");
@@ -6292,9 +6294,10 @@ PYWIN_MODULE_INIT_FUNC(win32api)
         pfnGetMonitorInfo = (GetMonitorInfofunc)GetProcAddress(hmodule, "GetMonitorInfoW");
         pfnEnumDisplaySettingsEx = (EnumDisplaySettingsExfunc)GetProcAddress(hmodule, "EnumDisplaySettingsExW");
         pfnGetLastInputInfo = (GetLastInputInfofunc)GetProcAddress(hmodule, "GetLastInputInfo");
-    PYWIN_END_LOAD_LIBRARY
+    }
 
-    PYWIN_BEGIN_LOAD_LIBRARY("Advapi32.dll")
+    hmodule = PyWin_LibraryModule("advapi32.dll");
+    if (hmodule != NULL) {
         pfnRegRestoreKey = (RegRestoreKeyfunc)GetProcAddress(hmodule, "RegRestoreKeyW");
         pfnRegSaveKeyEx = (RegSaveKeyExfunc)GetProcAddress(hmodule, "RegSaveKeyExW");
         pfnRegCreateKeyTransacted = (RegCreateKeyTransactedfunc)GetProcAddress(hmodule, "RegCreateKeyTransactedW");
@@ -6305,7 +6308,7 @@ PYWIN_MODULE_INIT_FUNC(win32api)
         pfnRegDeleteTree = (RegDeleteTreefunc)GetProcAddress(hmodule, "RegDeleteTreeW");
         pfnRegOpenCurrentUser = (RegOpenCurrentUserfunc)GetProcAddress(hmodule, "RegOpenCurrentUser");
         pfnRegOverridePredefKey = (RegOverridePredefKeyfunc)GetProcAddress(hmodule, "RegOverridePredefKey");
-    PYWIN_END_LOAD_LIBRARY
+    }
     // clang-format on
 
     PYWIN_MODULE_INIT_RETURN_SUCCESS;
diff --git a/win32/src/win32gui.i b/win32/src/win32gui.i
index 6704484fb..91600c226 100644
--- a/win32/src/win32gui.i
+++ b/win32/src/win32gui.i
@@ -266,7 +266,8 @@ for (PyMethodDef *pmd = win32guiMethods; pmd->ml_name; pmd++)
 		)
 		pmd->ml_flags = METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS;
 
-PYWIN_BEGIN_LOAD_LIBRARY("user32.dll")
+HMODULE hmodule = PyWin_LibraryModule("user32.dll");
+if (hmodule != NULL) {
     pfnSetLayeredWindowAttributes = (SetLayeredWindowAttributesfunc)GetProcAddress(hmodule,"SetLayeredWindowAttributes");
     pfnGetLayeredWindowAttributes = (GetLayeredWindowAttributesfunc)GetProcAddress(hmodule,"GetLayeredWindowAttributes");
     pfnUpdateLayeredWindow = (UpdateLayeredWindowfunc)GetProcAddress(hmodule,"UpdateLayeredWindow");
@@ -274,9 +275,10 @@ PYWIN_BEGIN_LOAD_LIBRARY("user32.dll")
     pfnGetMenuInfo = (GetMenuInfofunc)GetProcAddress(hmodule,"GetMenuInfo");
     pfnSetMenuInfo = (SetMenuInfofunc)GetProcAddress(hmodule,"SetMenuInfo");
     pfnDrawTextW = (DrawTextWfunc)GetProcAddress(hmodule, "DrawTextW");
-PYWIN_END_LOAD_LIBRARY
+}
 
-PYWIN_BEGIN_LOAD_LIBRARY("gdi32.dll")
+hmodule = PyWin_LibraryModule("gdi32.dll");
+if (hmodule != NULL) {
     pfnAngleArc = (AngleArcfunc)GetProcAddress(hmodule,"AngleArc");
     pfnPlgBlt = (PlgBltfunc)GetProcAddress(hmodule,"PlgBlt");
     pfnGetWorldTransform = (GetWorldTransformfunc)GetProcAddress(hmodule,"GetWorldTransform");
@@ -286,13 +288,14 @@ PYWIN_BEGIN_LOAD_LIBRARY("gdi32.dll")
     pfnMaskBlt = (MaskBltfunc)GetProcAddress(hmodule,"MaskBlt");
     pfnGetLayout = (GetLayoutfunc)GetProcAddress(hmodule,"GetLayout");
     pfnSetLayout = (SetLayoutfunc)GetProcAddress(hmodule,"SetLayout");
-PYWIN_END_LOAD_LIBRARY
+}
 
-PYWIN_BEGIN_LOAD_LIBRARY("msimg32.dll")
+hmodule = PyWin_LibraryModule("msimg32.dll");
+if (hmodule != NULL) {
     pfnGradientFill = (GradientFillfunc)GetProcAddress(hmodule,"GradientFill");
     pfnTransparentBlt = (TransparentBltfunc)GetProcAddress(hmodule,"TransparentBlt");
     pfnAlphaBlend = (AlphaBlendfunc)GetProcAddress(hmodule,"AlphaBlend");
-PYWIN_END_LOAD_LIBRARY
+}
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