diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 53bb7d831..4388fb062 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -142,7 +142,6 @@ windows = { version = "0.61", features = [
     "Win32_System_Pipes",
     "Win32_System_Registry",
     "Win32_System_SystemInformation",
-    "Win32_System_SystemServices",
     "Win32_System_Threading",
     "Win32_UI_Shell",
     "Win32_UI_WindowsAndMessaging",
diff --git a/src/ipc/windows.rs b/src/ipc/windows.rs
index 1bb36d359..b98729c8f 100644
--- a/src/ipc/windows.rs
+++ b/src/ipc/windows.rs
@@ -23,10 +23,7 @@ use windows::{
         Storage::FileSystem::{
             FILE_FLAG_OVERLAPPED, FILE_GENERIC_READ, FILE_WRITE_DATA, SECURITY_IDENTIFICATION,
         },
-        System::{
-            Pipes::{GetNamedPipeServerProcessId, GetNamedPipeServerSessionId},
-            SystemServices::ACCESS_ALLOWED_ACE_TYPE,
-        },
+        System::Pipes::{GetNamedPipeServerProcessId, GetNamedPipeServerSessionId},
     },
 };
 
@@ -36,6 +33,7 @@ const CLIENT_ACCESS: u32 = FILE_GENERIC_READ.0 | FILE_WRITE_DATA.0;
 const PIPE_BUSY_RETRY: Duration = Duration::from_millis(50);
 const AUTH_LOG_INTERVAL: Duration = Duration::from_secs(5);
 const SYSTEM_SID: &str = "S-1-5-18";
+const ACCESS_ALLOWED_ACE_TYPE_U8: u8 = 0;
 
 struct LocalAllocation(*mut c_void);
 
@@ -174,7 +172,7 @@ fn ensure_restricted_dacl(dacl: *const ACL, owner: PSID) -> ResultType<()> {
         unsafe { GetAce(dacl, index.into(), &mut ace) }
             .context("Failed to read IPC server access rule")?;
         let header = unsafe { &*(ace as *const ACE_HEADER) };
-        if header.AceType != (ACCESS_ALLOWED_ACE_TYPE as u8)
+        if header.AceType != ACCESS_ALLOWED_ACE_TYPE_U8
             || usize::from(header.AceSize) < std::mem::size_of::<ACCESS_ALLOWED_ACE>()
         {
             bail!("Unsupported IPC server access rule");
diff --git a/src/server.rs b/src/server.rs
index b839a6921..ed11624fa 100644
--- a/src/server.rs
+++ b/src/server.rs
@@ -1003,6 +1003,8 @@ mod windows_gui_startup_tests {
 
     const CHILD_TEST: &str = "RUSTDESK_TEST_GUI_IPC_CHILD";
     const CHILD_TIMEOUT_MS: u32 = 10_000;
+    // An unmatched test filter exits with zero without running the child assertions.
+    const CHILD_SUCCESS_EXIT_CODE: i32 = 42;
 
     #[test]
     fn windows_gui_survives_ipc_bind_failure() {
@@ -1021,7 +1023,7 @@ mod windows_gui_startup_tests {
             });
             start_server(true, false);
             assert!(!crate::common::is_server_running());
-            return;
+            std::process::exit(CHILD_SUCCESS_EXIT_CODE);
         }
 
         let mut child = Command::new(std::env::current_exe().unwrap())
@@ -1040,9 +1042,10 @@ mod windows_gui_startup_tests {
             child.wait().unwrap();
             panic!("GUI IPC startup test timed out or failed to wait: {result:?}");
         }
-        assert!(
-            child.wait().unwrap().success(),
-            "GUI process did not survive"
+        assert_eq!(
+            child.wait().unwrap().code(),
+            Some(CHILD_SUCCESS_EXIT_CODE),
+            "GUI subprocess did not complete the startup assertions"
         );
     }
 }