diff --git a/src/cascadia/TerminalControl/ControlCore.cpp b/src/cascadia/TerminalControl/ControlCore.cpp
index de9926320e7..ac88139c24e 100644
--- a/src/cascadia/TerminalControl/ControlCore.cpp
+++ b/src/cascadia/TerminalControl/ControlCore.cpp
@@ -1192,9 +1192,9 @@ namespace winrt::Microsoft::Terminal::Control::implementation
         }
     }
 
-    HANDLE ControlCore::GetSwapChainHandle() const
+    IDXGISwapChain1* ControlCore::GetSwapChain() const
     {
-        return _renderEngine->GetSwapChainHandle();
+        return _renderEngine->GetSwapChain().Get();
     }
 
     void ControlCore::_rendererWarning(const HRESULT hr)
diff --git a/src/cascadia/TerminalControl/ControlCore.h b/src/cascadia/TerminalControl/ControlCore.h
index ac124412fe5..29ce4a532c3 100644
--- a/src/cascadia/TerminalControl/ControlCore.h
+++ b/src/cascadia/TerminalControl/ControlCore.h
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ namespace winrt::Microsoft::Terminal::Control::implementation
         void UpdateAppearance(IControlAppearance newAppearance);
         void SizeChanged(const double width, const double height);
         void ScaleChanged(const double scaleX, const double scaleY);
-        HANDLE GetSwapChainHandle() const;
+        IDXGISwapChain1* GetSwapChain() const;
 
         void AdjustFontSize(int fontSizeDelta);
         void ResetFontSize();
diff --git a/src/cascadia/TerminalControl/TermControl.cpp b/src/cascadia/TerminalControl/TermControl.cpp
index 000bf3958e2..51486718c5a 100644
--- a/src/cascadia/TerminalControl/TermControl.cpp
+++ b/src/cascadia/TerminalControl/TermControl.cpp
@@ -572,14 +572,14 @@ namespace winrt::Microsoft::Terminal::Control::implementation
         // This event is only registered during terminal initialization,
         // so we don't need to check _initializedTerminal.
         // We also don't lock for things that come back from the renderer.
-        auto chainHandle = _core->GetSwapChainHandle();
+        auto chain = _core->GetSwapChain();
         auto weakThis{ get_weak() };
 
         co_await winrt::resume_foreground(Dispatcher());
 
         if (auto control{ weakThis.get() })
         {
-            _AttachDxgiSwapChainToXaml(chainHandle);
+            _AttachDxgiSwapChainToXaml(chain);
         }
     }
 
@@ -625,10 +625,10 @@ namespace winrt::Microsoft::Terminal::Control::implementation
         }
     }
 
-    void TermControl::_AttachDxgiSwapChainToXaml(HANDLE swapChainHandle)
+    void TermControl::_AttachDxgiSwapChainToXaml(IDXGISwapChain1* swapChain)
     {
-        auto nativePanel = SwapChainPanel().as<ISwapChainPanelNative2>();
-        nativePanel->SetSwapChainHandle(swapChainHandle);
+        auto nativePanel = SwapChainPanel().as<ISwapChainPanelNative>();
+        nativePanel->SetSwapChain(swapChain);
     }
 
     bool TermControl::_InitializeTerminal()
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ namespace winrt::Microsoft::Terminal::Control::implementation
         }
         _interactivity->Initialize();
 
-        _AttachDxgiSwapChainToXaml(_core->GetSwapChainHandle());
+        _AttachDxgiSwapChainToXaml(_core->GetSwapChain());
 
         // Tell the DX Engine to notify us when the swap chain changes. We do
         // this after we initially set the swapchain so as to avoid unnecessary
diff --git a/src/cascadia/TerminalControl/TermControl.h b/src/cascadia/TerminalControl/TermControl.h
index a4ebffc924a..1fcb48ee1f7 100644
--- a/src/cascadia/TerminalControl/TermControl.h
+++ b/src/cascadia/TerminalControl/TermControl.h
@@ -66,8 +66,9 @@ namespace winrt::Microsoft::Terminal::Control::implementation
         void ToggleShaderEffects();
 
         winrt::fire_and_forget RenderEngineSwapChainChanged(const IInspectable& sender, const IInspectable& args);
-        void _AttachDxgiSwapChainToXaml(HANDLE swapChainHandle);
+        void _AttachDxgiSwapChainToXaml(IDXGISwapChain1* swapChain);
         winrt::fire_and_forget _RendererEnteredErrorState(const IInspectable& sender, const IInspectable& args);
+
         void _RenderRetryButton_Click(IInspectable const& button, IInspectable const& args);
         winrt::fire_and_forget _RendererWarning(const IInspectable& sender,
                                                 const Control::RendererWarningArgs& args);
diff --git a/src/common.build.post.props b/src/common.build.post.props
index c3b0d521215..e3e563b900d 100644
--- a/src/common.build.post.props
+++ b/src/common.build.post.props
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
       <DebugInformationFormat>ProgramDatabase</DebugInformationFormat>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
-      <AdditionalDependencies>onecoreuap_apiset.lib;d3dcompiler.lib;dwmapi.lib;uxtheme.lib;shlwapi.lib;ntdll.lib;dcomp.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>onecoreuap_apiset.lib;d3dcompiler.lib;dwmapi.lib;uxtheme.lib;shlwapi.lib;ntdll.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
     </Link>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
 
diff --git a/src/renderer/dx/DxRenderer.cpp b/src/renderer/dx/DxRenderer.cpp
index 77709d932f4..1763f3c5b5a 100644
--- a/src/renderer/dx/DxRenderer.cpp
+++ b/src/renderer/dx/DxRenderer.cpp
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ DxEngine::DxEngine() :
     _backgroundColor{ 0 },
     _selectionBackground{},
     _haveDeviceResources{ false },
-    _swapChainHandle{ INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE },
     _swapChainDesc{ 0 },
     _swapChainFrameLatencyWaitableObject{ INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE },
     _recreateDeviceRequested{ false },
@@ -619,13 +618,6 @@ try
         }
         case SwapChainMode::ForComposition:
         {
-            if (!_swapChainHandle)
-            {
-                RETURN_IF_FAILED(DCompositionCreateSurfaceHandle(GENERIC_ALL, nullptr, &_swapChainHandle));
-            }
-
-            RETURN_IF_FAILED(_dxgiFactory2.As(&_dxgiFactoryMedia));
-
             // Use the given target size for compositions.
             _swapChainDesc.Width = _displaySizePixels.width<UINT>();
             _swapChainDesc.Height = _displaySizePixels.height<UINT>();
@@ -635,11 +627,10 @@ try
             // It's 100% required to use scaling mode stretch for composition. There is no other choice.
             _swapChainDesc.Scaling = DXGI_SCALING_STRETCH;
 
-            RETURN_IF_FAILED(_dxgiFactoryMedia->CreateSwapChainForCompositionSurfaceHandle(_d3dDevice.Get(),
-                                                                                           _swapChainHandle.get(),
-                                                                                           &_swapChainDesc,
-                                                                                           nullptr,
-                                                                                           &_dxgiSwapChain));
+            RETURN_IF_FAILED(_dxgiFactory2->CreateSwapChainForComposition(_d3dDevice.Get(),
+                                                                          &_swapChainDesc,
+                                                                          nullptr,
+                                                                          &_dxgiSwapChain));
             break;
         }
         default:
@@ -1012,14 +1003,14 @@ try
 }
 CATCH_LOG()
 
-HANDLE DxEngine::GetSwapChainHandle()
+Microsoft::WRL::ComPtr<IDXGISwapChain1> DxEngine::GetSwapChain()
 {
-    if (!_swapChainHandle)
+    if (_dxgiSwapChain.Get() == nullptr)
     {
         THROW_IF_FAILED(_CreateDeviceResources(true));
     }
 
-    return _swapChainHandle.get();
+    return _dxgiSwapChain;
 }
 
 void DxEngine::_InvalidateRectangle(const til::rectangle& rc)
diff --git a/src/renderer/dx/DxRenderer.hpp b/src/renderer/dx/DxRenderer.hpp
index f4ae176c7e8..7de6832146e 100644
--- a/src/renderer/dx/DxRenderer.hpp
+++ b/src/renderer/dx/DxRenderer.hpp
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ namespace Microsoft::Console::Render
 
         void SetSoftwareRendering(bool enable) noexcept;
 
-        HANDLE GetSwapChainHandle();
+        ::Microsoft::WRL::ComPtr<IDXGISwapChain1> GetSwapChain();
 
         // IRenderEngine Members
         [[nodiscard]] HRESULT Invalidate(const SMALL_RECT* const psrRegion) noexcept override;
@@ -212,7 +212,6 @@ namespace Microsoft::Console::Render
         ::Microsoft::WRL::ComPtr<ID2D1SolidColorBrush> _d2dBrushBackground;
 
         ::Microsoft::WRL::ComPtr<IDXGIFactory2> _dxgiFactory2;
-        ::Microsoft::WRL::ComPtr<IDXGIFactoryMedia> _dxgiFactoryMedia;
         ::Microsoft::WRL::ComPtr<IDXGIDevice> _dxgiDevice;
         ::Microsoft::WRL::ComPtr<IDXGISurface> _dxgiSurface;
 
diff --git a/src/renderer/dx/precomp.h b/src/renderer/dx/precomp.h
index d3d51af5f51..5715fd8fed3 100644
--- a/src/renderer/dx/precomp.h
+++ b/src/renderer/dx/precomp.h
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@
 #include <typeinfo>
 #include <stdexcept>
 
-#include <dcomp.h>
-
 #include <dxgi.h>
 #include <dxgi1_2.h>
 #include <dxgi1_3.h>