diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7f5443637a..9740f84cf6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ## dev
 
+- Delete directories directly instead of spawning rmdir on Windows
 - Fix "Failed to delete" error when using Microsoft Store Python
 - Fix "No pyvenv.cfg file" error when using Microsoft Store Python (#1164)
 - Add `--quiet` and `--verbose` options for the `pipx` subcommands
diff --git a/src/pipx/util.py b/src/pipx/util.py
index 4bba09d6f5..3e899aa69e 100644
--- a/src/pipx/util.py
+++ b/src/pipx/util.py
@@ -54,12 +54,7 @@ def rmdir(path: Path, safe_rm: bool = True) -> None:
 
     logger.info(f"removing directory {path}")
     try:
-        if WINDOWS:
-            # The packaged app (Microsoft Store) version of Python uses path redirections, but `rmdir` won't follow
-            # these, so use realpath() to manually apply the redirection first.
-            os.system(f'rmdir /S /Q "{os.path.realpath(path)}"')
-        else:
-            shutil.rmtree(path)
+        shutil.rmtree(path)
     except FileNotFoundError:
         pass