diff --git a/programs/cmd/batch.c b/programs/cmd/batch.c
index 37cdff42188..2ff8e3ba9be 100644
--- a/programs/cmd/batch.c
+++ b/programs/cmd/batch.c
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ WCHAR *WCMD_fgets(WCHAR *buf, DWORD noChars, HANDLE h)
   /* We can't use the native f* functions because of the filename syntax differences
      between DOS and Unix. Also need to lose the LF (or CRLF) from the line. */
 
-  if (!WCMD_is_console_handle(h)) {
+  if (!ReadConsoleW(h, buf, noChars, &charsRead, NULL)) {
       LARGE_INTEGER filepos;
       char *bufA;
       UINT cp;
@@ -282,8 +282,7 @@ WCHAR *WCMD_fgets(WCHAR *buf, DWORD noChars, HANDLE h)
       heap_free(bufA);
   }
   else {
-      status = WCMD_ReadFile(h, buf, noChars, &charsRead);
-      if (!status || charsRead == 0) return NULL;
+      if (!charsRead) return NULL;
 
       /* Find first EOL */
       for (i = 0; i < charsRead; i++) {
diff --git a/programs/cmd/wcmd.h b/programs/cmd/wcmd.h
index 65a89ac26d7..468a29102d7 100644
--- a/programs/cmd/wcmd.h
+++ b/programs/cmd/wcmd.h
@@ -105,10 +105,6 @@ void WCMD_version (void);
 int  WCMD_volume (BOOL set_label, const WCHAR *args);
 void WCMD_mklink(WCHAR *args);
 
-static inline BOOL WCMD_is_console_handle(HANDLE h)
-{
-    return (((DWORD_PTR)h) & 3) == 3;
-}
 WCHAR *WCMD_fgets (WCHAR *buf, DWORD n, HANDLE stream);
 WCHAR *WCMD_parameter (WCHAR *s, int n, WCHAR **start, BOOL raw, BOOL wholecmdline);
 WCHAR *WCMD_parameter_with_delims (WCHAR *s, int n, WCHAR **start, BOOL raw,
diff --git a/programs/cmd/wcmdmain.c b/programs/cmd/wcmdmain.c
index cacb7ea7751..fbe8475d8a9 100644
--- a/programs/cmd/wcmdmain.c
+++ b/programs/cmd/wcmdmain.c
@@ -221,9 +221,8 @@ BOOL WCMD_ReadFile(const HANDLE hIn, WCHAR *intoBuf, const DWORD maxChars, LPDWO
     DWORD numRead;
     char *buffer;
 
-    if (WCMD_is_console_handle(hIn))
-        /* Try to read from console as Unicode */
-        return ReadConsoleW(hIn, intoBuf, maxChars, charsRead, NULL);
+    /* Try to read from console as Unicode */
+    if (ReadConsoleW(hIn, intoBuf, maxChars, charsRead, NULL)) return TRUE;
 
     /* We assume it's a file handle and read then convert from assumed OEM codepage */
     if (!(buffer = get_file_buffer()))