diff --git a/sycl/source/detail/global_handler.cpp b/sycl/source/detail/global_handler.cpp
index a13d81b54daca..7308b2e2d8e07 100644
--- a/sycl/source/detail/global_handler.cpp
+++ b/sycl/source/detail/global_handler.cpp
@@ -298,18 +298,6 @@ void GlobalHandler::drainThreadPool() {
     MHostTaskThreadPool.Inst->drain();
 }
 
-#ifdef _WIN32
-// because of something not-yet-understood on Windows
-// threads may be shutdown once the end of main() is reached
-// making an orderly shutdown difficult. Fortunately, Windows
-// itself is very aggressive about reclaiming memory. Thus,
-// we focus solely on unloading the adapters, so as to not
-// accidentally retain device handles. etc
-void shutdown_win() {
-  GlobalHandler *&Handler = GlobalHandler::getInstancePtr();
-  Handler->unloadAdapters();
-}
-#else
 void shutdown_early() {
   const LockGuard Lock{GlobalHandler::MSyclGlobalHandlerProtector};
   GlobalHandler *&Handler = GlobalHandler::getInstancePtr();
@@ -331,6 +319,19 @@ void shutdown_early() {
   Handler->releaseDefaultContexts();
 }
 
+#ifdef _WIN32
+// because of something not-yet-understood on Windows
+// threads may be shutdown once the end of main() is reached
+// making an orderly shutdown difficult. Fortunately, Windows
+// itself is very aggressive about reclaiming memory. Thus,
+// we focus solely on unloading the plugins, so as to not
+// accidentally retain device handles. etc
+void shutdown_win() {
+  shutdown_early();
+  GlobalHandler *&Handler = GlobalHandler::getInstancePtr();
+  Handler->unloadPlugins();
+}
+#else
 void shutdown_late() {
   const LockGuard Lock{GlobalHandler::MSyclGlobalHandlerProtector};
   GlobalHandler *&Handler = GlobalHandler::getInstancePtr();
diff --git a/sycl/test-e2e/Basic/queue/release.cpp b/sycl/test-e2e/Basic/queue/release.cpp
index fe788c59c4bf7..2ca6451a98c07 100644
--- a/sycl/test-e2e/Basic/queue/release.cpp
+++ b/sycl/test-e2e/Basic/queue/release.cpp
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 // RUN: %{build} -o %t.out
 // RUN: env SYCL_UR_TRACE=2 %{run} %t.out | FileCheck %s
 //
-// TODO: Reenable on Windows, see https://github.com/intel/llvm/issues/14768
-// XFAIL: hip_nvidia, windows
+// XFAIL: hip_nvidia
 
 #include <sycl/detail/core.hpp>
 int main() {
diff --git a/sycl/test-e2e/KernelAndProgram/disable-caching.cpp b/sycl/test-e2e/KernelAndProgram/disable-caching.cpp
index 5e8ef4045d641..265145d8e49d1 100644
--- a/sycl/test-e2e/KernelAndProgram/disable-caching.cpp
+++ b/sycl/test-e2e/KernelAndProgram/disable-caching.cpp
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@
 // RUN: env ZE_DEBUG=-6 SYCL_UR_TRACE=2 %{run} %t.out \
 // RUN: | FileCheck %s --check-prefixes=CHECK-CACHE
 
-// TODO: Reenable on Windows, see https://github.com/intel/llvm/issues/14768
-// XFAIL: windows
-
 #include <sycl/detail/core.hpp>
 
 #include <sycl/specialization_id.hpp>
diff --git a/sycl/test-e2e/Regression/context_is_destroyed_after_exception.cpp b/sycl/test-e2e/Regression/context_is_destroyed_after_exception.cpp
index 703103f0d1a62..e92dcaa3a6f57 100644
--- a/sycl/test-e2e/Regression/context_is_destroyed_after_exception.cpp
+++ b/sycl/test-e2e/Regression/context_is_destroyed_after_exception.cpp
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
 // RUN: %{build} -o %t.out
 // RUN: env SYCL_UR_TRACE=2 %{run} %t.out 2>&1 | FileCheck %s
 //
-// TODO: Reenable on Windows, see https://github.com/intel/llvm/issues/14768
-// XFAIL: hip_nvidia, windows
+// XFAIL: hip_nvidia
 
 #include <sycl/detail/core.hpp>
 
diff --git a/sycl/test-e2e/Regression/pi_release.cpp b/sycl/test-e2e/Regression/pi_release.cpp
index 1a28a27d184d9..90102e5cf0e20 100644
--- a/sycl/test-e2e/Regression/pi_release.cpp
+++ b/sycl/test-e2e/Regression/pi_release.cpp
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 // REQUIRES: opencl || level_zero || cuda
 // RUN: %{build} -o %t.out
 // RUN: env SYCL_UR_TRACE=2 %{run} %t.out 2>&1 | FileCheck %s
-//
-// TODO: Reenable on Windows, see https://github.com/intel/llvm/issues/14768
-// XFAIL: windows
 
 #include <sycl/detail/core.hpp>
 
diff --git a/sycl/test-e2e/Scheduler/ReleaseResourcesTest.cpp b/sycl/test-e2e/Scheduler/ReleaseResourcesTest.cpp
index dcd1492b63511..3fc020e82e712 100644
--- a/sycl/test-e2e/Scheduler/ReleaseResourcesTest.cpp
+++ b/sycl/test-e2e/Scheduler/ReleaseResourcesTest.cpp
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 // RUN: %{build} -Wno-error=unused-command-line-argument -fsycl-dead-args-optimization -o %t.out
 // RUN: env SYCL_UR_TRACE=2 %{run} %t.out 2>&1 | FileCheck %s
 //
-// TODO: Reenable on Windows, see https://github.com/intel/llvm/issues/14768
-// XFAIL: hip_nvidia, windows
+// XFAIL: hip_nvidia
 
 //==------------------- ReleaseResourcesTests.cpp --------------------------==//
 //