diff --git a/src/touch/touch_windows.c.v b/src/touch/touch_windows.c.v
index b99e146c..19657b54 100644
--- a/src/touch/touch_windows.c.v
+++ b/src/touch/touch_windows.c.v
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-fn C.SetFileTime(hfile u32, const_creation_time voidptr, const_access_time voidptr, const_modification_time voidptr) bool
+// The handle is a voidptr because that is what vlib's C.CreateFileW returns;
+// it used to return u32, and declaring the parameter as u32 is what made this
+// file stop compiling on current V. A HANDLE is a pointer either way.
+fn C.SetFileTime(hfile voidptr, const_creation_time voidptr, const_access_time voidptr, const_modification_time voidptr) bool
 
 fn lutime(path string, acctime int, modtime int) ! {
 	creation_time := t2filetime(-1)