diff --git a/src/platform_impl/windows/event_loop.rs b/src/platform_impl/windows/event_loop.rs
index 546ce64b0..8ca652fbd 100644
--- a/src/platform_impl/windows/event_loop.rs
+++ b/src/platform_impl/windows/event_loop.rs
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ impl<T> EventLoopWindowTarget<T> {
   #[inline]
   pub fn set_theme(&self, theme: Option<Theme>) {
     *self.preferred_theme.lock() = theme;
-    unsafe { PostMessageW(HWND_BROADCAST, *CHANGE_THEME_MSG_ID, WPARAM(0), LPARAM(0)).unwrap() };
+    let _ = unsafe { PostMessageW(HWND_BROADCAST, *CHANGE_THEME_MSG_ID, WPARAM(0), LPARAM(0)) };
   }
 }