diff --git a/qt/launcher/src/main.rs b/qt/launcher/src/main.rs
index bd2b02c17..5cc06308c 100644
--- a/qt/launcher/src/main.rs
+++ b/qt/launcher/src/main.rs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ use crate::platform::get_exe_and_resources_dirs;
 use crate::platform::get_uv_binary_name;
 use crate::platform::launch_anki_normally;
 use crate::platform::respawn_launcher;
-use crate::platform::run_anki_normally;
+use crate::platform::run_anki_embeddedly;
 
 mod platform;
 
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ fn run() -> Result<()> {
 
     if !launcher_requested && !pyproject_has_changed && !different_launcher {
         // If no launcher request and venv is already up to date, launch Anki normally
-        if std::env::var("ANKI_LAUNCHER_NO_EMBED").is_ok() || !run_anki_normally(&state) {
+        if std::env::var("ANKI_LAUNCHER_NO_EMBED").is_ok() || !run_anki_embeddedly(&state) {
             let args: Vec<String> = std::env::args().skip(1).collect();
             let cmd = build_python_command(&state, &args)?;
             launch_anki_normally(cmd)?;
diff --git a/qt/launcher/src/platform/mod.rs b/qt/launcher/src/platform/mod.rs
index e6c7efd37..ac959a075 100644
--- a/qt/launcher/src/platform/mod.rs
+++ b/qt/launcher/src/platform/mod.rs
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ use std::ffi::CStr;
 use std::ffi::CString;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
+use anki_io::ToUtf8Path;
 use anki_process::CommandExt;
 use anyhow::anyhow;
 use anyhow::ensure;
@@ -119,7 +120,16 @@ pub fn launch_anki_normally(mut cmd: std::process::Command) -> Result<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
-pub fn _run_anki_normally(state: &crate::State) -> Result<()> {
+pub fn _run_anki_embeddedly(state: &crate::State) -> Result<()> {
+    let (version, lib_path, exec) = crate::get_python_env_info(state)?;
+
+    std::env::set_var("ANKI_LAUNCHER", std::env::current_exe()?.utf8()?.as_str());
+    std::env::set_var("ANKI_LAUNCHER_UV", state.uv_path.utf8()?.as_str());
+    std::env::set_var("UV_PROJECT", state.uv_install_root.utf8()?.as_str());
+    std::env::remove_var("SSLKEYLOGFILE");
+
+    let ffi = PyFfi::load(lib_path, exec)?;
+
     #[cfg(windows)]
     {
         let console = std::env::var("ANKI_CONSOLE").is_ok();
@@ -128,15 +138,17 @@ pub fn _run_anki_normally(state: &crate::State) -> Result<()> {
             ensure_terminal_shown()?;
         }
         crate::platform::windows::prepare_to_launch_normally();
-        windows::run(state, console)?;
+        // NOTE: without windows_subsystem=console or pythonw,
+        // we need to reconnect stdin/stdout/stderr within the interp
+        let preamble = console.then_some(cr#"import sys; sys.stdout = sys.stderr = open("CONOUT$", "w"); sys.stdin = open("CONIN$", "r");"#);
+        ffi.run(&version, preamble)
     }
     #[cfg(unix)]
-    nix::run(state)?;
-    Ok(())
+    ffi.run(&version, None)
 }
 
-pub fn run_anki_normally(state: &crate::State) -> bool {
-    if let Err(e) = _run_anki_normally(state) {
+pub fn run_anki_embeddedly(state: &crate::State) -> bool {
+    if let Err(e) = _run_anki_embeddedly(state) {
         eprintln!("failed to run as embedded: {e:?}");
         return false;
     }
diff --git a/qt/launcher/src/platform/nix.rs b/qt/launcher/src/platform/nix.rs
index 823c968c3..f1d769221 100644
--- a/qt/launcher/src/platform/nix.rs
+++ b/qt/launcher/src/platform/nix.rs
@@ -5,12 +5,9 @@ use std::ffi::CStr;
 use std::ffi::CString;
 use std::os::unix::prelude::OsStrExt;
 
-use anki_io::ToUtf8Path;
 use anyhow::Result;
 
-use crate::get_python_env_info;
 use crate::platform::PyFfi;
-use crate::State;
 
 impl Drop for PyFfi {
     fn drop(&mut self) {
@@ -77,14 +74,3 @@ impl PyFfi {
         }
     }
 }
-
-pub fn run(state: &State) -> Result<()> {
-    let (version, lib_path, exec) = get_python_env_info(state)?;
-
-    std::env::set_var("ANKI_LAUNCHER", std::env::current_exe()?.utf8()?.as_str());
-    std::env::set_var("ANKI_LAUNCHER_UV", state.uv_path.utf8()?.as_str());
-    std::env::set_var("UV_PROJECT", state.uv_install_root.utf8()?.as_str());
-    std::env::remove_var("SSLKEYLOGFILE");
-
-    PyFfi::load(lib_path, exec)?.run(&version, None)
-}
diff --git a/qt/launcher/src/platform/windows.rs b/qt/launcher/src/platform/windows.rs
index 2b1836ead..dca8b483e 100644
--- a/qt/launcher/src/platform/windows.rs
+++ b/qt/launcher/src/platform/windows.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ use std::io::stdin;
 use std::os::windows::ffi::OsStrExt;
 use std::process::Command;
 
-use anki_io::ToUtf8Path;
 use anyhow::anyhow;
 use anyhow::Context;
 use anyhow::Result;
@@ -30,9 +29,7 @@ use windows::Win32::System::Registry::REG_SZ;
 use windows::Win32::System::SystemInformation::OSVERSIONINFOW;
 use windows::Win32::UI::Shell::SetCurrentProcessExplicitAppUserModelID;
 
-use crate::get_python_env_info;
 use crate::platform::PyFfi;
-use crate::State;
 
 /// Returns true if running on Windows 10 (not Windows 11)
 fn is_windows_10() -> bool {
@@ -334,21 +331,3 @@ impl PyFfi {
         }
     }
 }
-
-pub fn run(state: &State, console: bool) -> Result<()> {
-    let (version, lib_path, exec) = get_python_env_info(state)?;
-
-    std::env::set_var("ANKI_LAUNCHER", std::env::current_exe()?.utf8()?.as_str());
-    std::env::set_var("ANKI_LAUNCHER_UV", state.uv_path.utf8()?.as_str());
-    std::env::set_var("UV_PROJECT", state.uv_install_root.utf8()?.as_str());
-    std::env::remove_var("SSLKEYLOGFILE");
-
-    // NOTE: without windows_subsystem=console or pythonw,
-    // we need to reconnect stdin/stdout/stderr within the interp
-    // reconnect_stdio_to_console doesn't make a difference here
-    let preamble = console.then_some(
-        cr#"import sys; sys.stdout = sys.stderr = open("CONOUT$", "w"); sys.stdin = open("CONIN$", "r");"#,
-    );
-
-    PyFfi::load(lib_path, exec)?.run(&version, preamble)
-}