diff --git a/src/openrct2/config/Config.cpp b/src/openrct2/config/Config.cpp
index e228409149..ce1a3c3ab6 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/config/Config.cpp
+++ b/src/openrct2/config/Config.cpp
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ namespace Config
             auto playerName = reader->GetString("player_name", "");
             if (playerName.empty())
             {
-                playerName = platform_get_username();
+                playerName = Platform::GetUsername();
                 if (playerName.empty())
                 {
                     playerName = "Player";
diff --git a/src/openrct2/platform/Platform.Posix.cpp b/src/openrct2/platform/Platform.Posix.cpp
index 1b1ec5ecd1..73bba433a4 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/platform/Platform.Posix.cpp
+++ b/src/openrct2/platform/Platform.Posix.cpp
@@ -253,6 +253,17 @@ namespace Platform
     {
         return true;
     }
+
+    std::string GetUsername()
+    {
+        std::string result;
+        auto pw = getpwuid(getuid());
+        if (pw != nullptr)
+        {
+            result = std::string(pw->pw_name);
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
 } // namespace Platform
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/openrct2/platform/Platform.Win32.cpp b/src/openrct2/platform/Platform.Win32.cpp
index 1cd6a50026..92e2100222 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/platform/Platform.Win32.cpp
+++ b/src/openrct2/platform/Platform.Win32.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #    include "../Version.h"
 
 #    include <datetimeapi.h>
+#    include <lmcons.h>
 #    include <memory>
 #    include <shlobj.h>
 #    undef GetEnvironmentVariable
@@ -613,6 +614,18 @@ namespace Platform
         // using the same window in an unaccelerated and accelerated context is unsupported by SDL2
         return openGL;
     }
+
+    std::string GetUsername()
+    {
+        std::string result;
+        wchar_t usernameW[UNLEN + 1]{};
+        DWORD usernameLength = UNLEN + 1;
+        if (GetUserNameW(usernameW, &usernameLength))
+        {
+            result = String::ToUtf8(usernameW);
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
 } // namespace Platform
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/openrct2/platform/Platform2.h b/src/openrct2/platform/Platform2.h
index 936b0c8675..ab99e0fc14 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/platform/Platform2.h
+++ b/src/openrct2/platform/Platform2.h
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ namespace Platform
 
     bool OriginalGameDataExists(std::string_view path);
 
+    std::string GetUsername();
+
 #if defined(__unix__) || (defined(__APPLE__) && defined(__MACH__)) || defined(__FreeBSD__)
     std::string GetEnvironmentPath(const char* name);
     std::string GetHomePath();
diff --git a/src/openrct2/platform/Posix.cpp b/src/openrct2/platform/Posix.cpp
index 720fa8c38c..5bb15be93e 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/platform/Posix.cpp
+++ b/src/openrct2/platform/Posix.cpp
@@ -337,17 +337,6 @@ datetime64 platform_get_datetime_now_utc()
     return utcNow;
 }
 
-std::string platform_get_username()
-{
-    std::string result;
-    auto pw = getpwuid(getuid());
-    if (pw != nullptr)
-    {
-        result = std::string(pw->pw_name);
-    }
-    return result;
-}
-
 bool platform_process_is_elevated()
 {
 #    ifndef __EMSCRIPTEN__
diff --git a/src/openrct2/platform/Windows.cpp b/src/openrct2/platform/Windows.cpp
index 41cc19b896..19738ebb28 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/platform/Windows.cpp
+++ b/src/openrct2/platform/Windows.cpp
@@ -460,18 +460,6 @@ datetime64 platform_get_datetime_now_utc()
     return utcNow;
 }
 
-std::string platform_get_username()
-{
-    std::string result;
-    wchar_t usernameW[UNLEN + 1]{};
-    DWORD usernameLength = UNLEN + 1;
-    if (GetUserNameW(usernameW, &usernameLength))
-    {
-        result = String::ToUtf8(usernameW);
-    }
-    return result;
-}
-
 bool platform_process_is_elevated()
 {
     BOOL isElevated = FALSE;
diff --git a/src/openrct2/platform/platform.h b/src/openrct2/platform/platform.h
index 894f2f2c86..b83c6fb8a4 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/platform/platform.h
+++ b/src/openrct2/platform/platform.h
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ bool platform_file_delete(const utf8* path);
 uint32_t platform_get_ticks();
 void platform_sleep(uint32_t ms);
 void platform_get_user_directory(utf8* outPath, const utf8* subDirectory, size_t outSize);
-std::string platform_get_username();
 bool platform_open_common_file_dialog(utf8* outFilename, file_dialog_desc* desc, size_t outSize);
 utf8* platform_open_directory_browser(const utf8* title);
 CurrencyType platform_get_locale_currency();