diff --git a/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsfontdatabasebase.cpp b/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsfontdatabasebase.cpp
index d05410cf5fc..f45678c65c8 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsfontdatabasebase.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsfontdatabasebase.cpp
@@ -566,16 +566,9 @@ void QWindowsFontDatabaseBase::createDirectWriteFactory(IDWriteFactory **factory
 }
 #endif // directwrite && direct2d
 
-static int s_defaultVerticalDPI = 96; // Native Pixels
-
 int QWindowsFontDatabaseBase::defaultVerticalDPI()
 {
-    return s_defaultVerticalDPI;
-}
-
-void QWindowsFontDatabaseBase::setDefaultVerticalDPI(int d)
-{
-    s_defaultVerticalDPI = d;
+    return 96;
 }
 
 LOGFONT QWindowsFontDatabaseBase::fontDefToLOGFONT(const QFontDef &request, const QString &faceName)
@@ -690,9 +683,9 @@ HFONT QWindowsFontDatabaseBase::systemFont()
 QFont QWindowsFontDatabaseBase::systemDefaultFont()
 {
     // Qt 6: Obtain default GUI font (typically "Segoe UI, 9pt", see QTBUG-58610)
-    NONCLIENTMETRICS ncm;
-    ncm.cbSize = FIELD_OFFSET(NONCLIENTMETRICS, lfMessageFont) + sizeof(LOGFONT);
-    SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETNONCLIENTMETRICS, ncm.cbSize , &ncm, 0);
+    NONCLIENTMETRICS ncm = {};
+    ncm.cbSize = sizeof(ncm);
+    SystemParametersInfoForDpi(SPI_GETNONCLIENTMETRICS, ncm.cbSize, &ncm, 0, defaultVerticalDPI());
     const QFont systemFont = QWindowsFontDatabase::LOGFONT_to_QFont(ncm.lfMessageFont);
     qCDebug(lcQpaFonts) << __FUNCTION__ << systemFont;
     return systemFont;
diff --git a/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsfontdatabasebase_p.h b/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsfontdatabasebase_p.h
index 1451eed0518..60acc5cb06d 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsfontdatabasebase_p.h
+++ b/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsfontdatabasebase_p.h
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ public:
     QFontEngine *fontEngine(const QByteArray &fontData, qreal pixelSize, QFont::HintingPreference hintingPreference) override;
 
     static int defaultVerticalDPI();
-    static void setDefaultVerticalDPI(int d);
 
     static QSharedPointer<QWindowsFontEngineData> data();
 #if QT_CONFIG(directwrite)
diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowsscreen.cpp b/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowsscreen.cpp
index 6f0b949b678..f15a7a870d8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowsscreen.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowsscreen.cpp
@@ -182,11 +182,8 @@ static bool monitorData(HMONITOR hMonitor, QWindowsScreenData *data)
     // EnumDisplayMonitors (as opposed to EnumDisplayDevices) enumerates only
     // virtual desktop screens.
     data->flags |= QWindowsScreenData::VirtualDesktop;
-    if (info.dwFlags & MONITORINFOF_PRIMARY) {
+    if (info.dwFlags & MONITORINFOF_PRIMARY)
         data->flags |= QWindowsScreenData::PrimaryScreen;
-        if ((data->flags & QWindowsScreenData::LockScreen) == 0)
-            QWindowsFontDatabase::setDefaultVerticalDPI(data->dpi.second);
-    }
     return true;
 }