diff --git a/cola/app.py b/cola/app.py
index 265463c31..575988696 100644
--- a/cola/app.py
+++ b/cola/app.py
@@ -538,6 +538,12 @@ def startup_message():
 
 def initialize():
     """System-level initialization"""
+    # We support ~/.config/git-cola/git-bindir on Windows for configuring
+    # a custom location for finding the "git" executable.
+    git_path = find_git()
+    if git_path:
+        prepend_path(git_path)
+
     # The current directory may have been deleted while we are still
     # in that directory.  We rectify this situation by walking up the
     # directory tree and retrying.
@@ -618,14 +624,6 @@ def set_view(self, view):
         self.runtask = qtutils.RunTask(parent=view)
 
 
-def winmain(main_fn, *argv):
-    """Find Git and launch main(argv)"""
-    git_path = find_git()
-    if git_path:
-        prepend_path(git_path)
-    return main_fn(*argv)
-
-
 def find_git():
     """Return the path of git.exe, or None if we can't find it."""
     if not utils.is_win32():
diff --git a/cola/dag.py b/cola/dag.py
index 4bc583876..ad15dfa65 100644
--- a/cola/dag.py
+++ b/cola/dag.py
@@ -13,14 +13,9 @@ def main(argv=None):
     return args.func(args)
 
 
-def winmain():
-    """Windows git-dag entrypoint"""
-    return app.winmain(main)
-
-
 def shortcut_launch():
     """Run git-dag from a Windows shortcut"""
-    return app.winmain(main, ['--prompt'])
+    return main(argv=['--prompt'])
 
 
 def parse_args(argv=None):
diff --git a/cola/main.py b/cola/main.py
index eb93d57ae..939c71e1b 100644
--- a/cola/main.py
+++ b/cola/main.py
@@ -28,10 +28,6 @@ def main(argv=None):
     return args.func(args)
 
 
-def winmain():
-    return app.winmain(main)
-
-
 def parse_args(argv):
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
     # Newer versions of argparse (Python 3.6+) emit an error message for
@@ -710,4 +706,4 @@ def shortcut_launch():
     argv = sys.argv[1:]
     if not argv:
         argv = ['cola', '--prompt']
-    return app.winmain(main, argv)
+    return main(argv=argv)
diff --git a/cola/sequenceeditor.py b/cola/sequenceeditor.py
index eb6323680..75ba372fa 100644
--- a/cola/sequenceeditor.py
+++ b/cola/sequenceeditor.py
@@ -62,11 +62,6 @@ def main():
     return view.status
 
 
-def winmain():
-    """Windows git-cola-sequence-editor entrypoint"""
-    return app.winmain(main)
-
-
 def stop(_context, _view):
     """All done, cleanup"""
     QtCore.QThreadPool.globalInstance().waitForDone()
diff --git a/pynsist.cfg b/pynsist.cfg
index b691accaf..b5906ebe1 100644
--- a/pynsist.cfg
+++ b/pynsist.cfg
@@ -23,15 +23,15 @@ icon=cola/icons/git-cola.ico
 extra_preamble=contrib/win32/pynsist-preamble.py
 
 [Command git-cola]
-entry_point=cola.main:winmain
+entry_point=cola.main:main
 extra_preamble=contrib/win32/pynsist-preamble.py
 
 [Command git-cola-sequence-editor]
-entry_point=cola.sequenceeditor:winmain
+entry_point=cola.sequenceeditor:main
 extra_preamble=contrib/win32/pynsist-preamble.py
 
 [Command git-dag]
-entry_point=cola.dag:winmain
+entry_point=cola.dag:main
 extra_preamble=contrib/win32/pynsist-preamble.py
 
 # To identify unused DLL files to exclude, we can use Process Explorer.