diff --git a/src/hidapi/windows/hid.c b/src/hidapi/windows/hid.c
index 7cdad25..1d17714 100644
--- a/src/hidapi/windows/hid.c
+++ b/src/hidapi/windows/hid.c
@@ -919,12 +919,6 @@
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	/* bytes_returned does not include the first byte which contains the
-	   report ID. The data buffer actually contains one more byte than
-	   bytes_returned. */
-	bytes_returned++;
-
-
 	return bytes_returned;
 #endif
 }