diff --git a/EDMarketConnector.py b/EDMarketConnector.py
index ecc84e1bf..864462188 100755
--- a/EDMarketConnector.py
+++ b/EDMarketConnector.py
@@ -272,11 +272,7 @@ def handle_edmc_callback_or_foregrounding() -> None:  # noqa: CCR001
 
                 def window_title(h: int) -> str | None:
                     if h:
-                        text_length = win32gui.GetWindowTextLength(h) + 1
-                        buf = create_unicode_buffer(text_length)
-                        if win32gui.GetWindowText(h):
-                            return buf.value
-
+                        return win32gui.GetWindowText(h)
                     return None
 
                 @WINFUNCTYPE(BOOL, HWND, LPARAM)
diff --git a/hotkey/windows.py b/hotkey/windows.py
index 95b1a83af..ddccc3330 100644
--- a/hotkey/windows.py
+++ b/hotkey/windows.py
@@ -47,11 +47,7 @@ def window_title(h) -> str:
     :return: Window title.
     """
     if h:
-        title_length = win32gui.GetWindowTextLength(h) + 1
-        buf = ctypes.create_unicode_buffer(title_length)
-        if win32gui.GetWindowText(h):
-            return buf.value
-
+        return win32gui.GetWindowText(h)
     return ''