diff --git a/pkg/proxy/winkernel/proxier.go b/pkg/proxy/winkernel/proxier.go
index 9cb9e8716c1..dc73dbd6a0b 100644
--- a/pkg/proxy/winkernel/proxier.go
+++ b/pkg/proxy/winkernel/proxier.go
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/intstr"
 	apiutil "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/net"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
 	utilfeature "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/feature"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/events"
@@ -188,20 +187,22 @@ func (t DualStackCompatTester) DualStackCompatible(networkName string) bool {
 		return false
 	}
 
-	globals, err := hcn.GetGlobals()
-	if err != nil {
-		klog.ErrorS(err, "Unable to determine networking stack version. Falling back to single-stack")
-		return false
-	}
-
-	if !kernelSupportsDualstack(globals.Version) {
-		klog.InfoS("This version of Windows does not support dual-stack. Falling back to single-stack")
+	// First tag of hcsshim that has a proper check for dual stack support is v0.8.22 due to a bug.
+	if err := hcn.IPv6DualStackSupported(); err != nil {
+		// Hcn *can* fail the query to grab the version of hcn itself (which this call will do internally before parsing
+		// to see if dual stack is supported), but the only time this can happen, at least that can be discerned, is if the host
+		// is pre-1803 and hcn didn't exist. hcsshim should truthfully return a known error if this happened that we can
+		// check against, and the case where 'err != this known error' would be the 'this feature isn't supported' case, as is being
+		// used here. For now, seeming as how nothing before ws2019 (1809) is listed as supported for k8s we can pretty much assume
+		// any error here isn't because the query failed, it's just that dualstack simply isn't supported on the host. With all
+		// that in mind, just log as info and not error to let the user know we're falling back.
+		klog.InfoS("This version of Windows does not support dual-stack. Falling back to single-stack", "err", err.Error())
 		return false
 	}
 
 	// check if network is using overlay
 	hns, _ := newHostNetworkService()
-	networkName, err = getNetworkName(networkName)
+	networkName, err := getNetworkName(networkName)
 	if err != nil {
 		klog.ErrorS(err, "unable to determine dual-stack status %v. Falling back to single-stack")
 		return false
@@ -221,19 +222,6 @@ func (t DualStackCompatTester) DualStackCompatible(networkName string) bool {
 	return true
 }
 
-// The hcsshim version logic has a bug that did not calculate the versioning of DualStack correctly.
-// DualStack is supported in WS 2004+ (10.0.19041+) where HCN component version is 11.10+
-// https://github.com/microsoft/hcsshim/pull/1003#issuecomment-827930358
-func kernelSupportsDualstack(currentVersion hcn.Version) bool {
-	hnsVersion := fmt.Sprintf("%d.%d.0", currentVersion.Major, currentVersion.Minor)
-	v, err := version.ParseSemantic(hnsVersion)
-	if err != nil {
-		return false
-	}
-
-	return v.AtLeast(version.MustParseSemantic("11.10.0"))
-}
-
 func Log(v interface{}, message string, level klog.Level) {
 	klog.V(level).InfoS("%s", message, "spewConfig", spewSdump(v))
 }
diff --git a/pkg/proxy/winkernel/proxier_test.go b/pkg/proxy/winkernel/proxier_test.go
index 51c4840542b..4be9db6b6d8 100644
--- a/pkg/proxy/winkernel/proxier_test.go
+++ b/pkg/proxy/winkernel/proxier_test.go
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/Microsoft/hcsshim/hcn"
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	discovery "k8s.io/api/discovery/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
@@ -931,54 +930,3 @@ func makeTestEndpointSlice(namespace, name string, sliceNum int, epsFunc func(*d
 	epsFunc(eps)
 	return eps
 }
-
-func Test_kernelSupportsDualstack(t *testing.T) {
-	tests := []struct {
-		currentVersion hcn.Version
-		name           string
-		want           bool
-	}{
-		{
-			hcn.Version{Major: 10, Minor: 10},
-			"Less than minimal should not be supported",
-			false,
-		},
-		{
-			hcn.Version{Major: 9, Minor: 11},
-			"Less than minimal should not be supported",
-			false,
-		},
-		{
-			hcn.Version{Major: 11, Minor: 1},
-			"Less than minimal should not be supported",
-			false,
-		},
-		{
-			hcn.Version{Major: 11, Minor: 10},
-			"Current version should be supported",
-			true,
-		},
-		{
-			hcn.Version{Major: 11, Minor: 11},
-			"Greater than minimal version should be supported",
-			true,
-		},
-		{
-			hcn.Version{Major: 12, Minor: 1},
-			"Greater than minimal version should be supported",
-			true,
-		},
-		{
-			hcn.Version{Major: 12, Minor: 12},
-			"Greater than minimal should be supported",
-			true,
-		},
-	}
-	for _, tt := range tests {
-		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			if got := kernelSupportsDualstack(tt.currentVersion); got != tt.want {
-				t.Errorf("kernelSupportsDualstack on version %v: got %v, want %v", tt.currentVersion, got, tt.want)
-			}
-		})
-	}
-}