diff --git a/win32ss/user/ntuser/kbdlayout.c b/win32ss/user/ntuser/kbdlayout.c
index 83d89d9632a..6a742b27377 100644
--- a/win32ss/user/ntuser/kbdlayout.c
+++ b/win32ss/user/ntuser/kbdlayout.c
@@ -999,8 +999,6 @@ cleanup:
  * NtUserLoadKeyboardLayoutEx
  *
  * Loads keyboard layout with given locale id
- *
- * NOTE: We adopt a different design from Microsoft's one for security reason.
  */
 HKL
 APIENTRY
diff --git a/win32ss/user/user32/windows/input.c b/win32ss/user/user32/windows/input.c
index 474306ebb81..8d4d3ad8732 100644
--- a/win32ss/user/user32/windows/input.c
+++ b/win32ss/user/user32/windows/input.c
@@ -640,8 +640,6 @@ LoadKeyboardLayoutA(LPCSTR pszKLID,
 
 /*
  * @unimplemented
- *
- * NOTE: We adopt a different design from Microsoft's one for security reason.
  */
 /* Win: LoadKeyboardLayoutWorker */
 HKL APIENTRY
@@ -652,25 +650,16 @@ IntLoadKeyboardLayout(
     _In_    UINT    Flags,
     _In_    BOOL    unknown5)
 {
-    DWORD dwHKL, dwType, dwSize;
-    WORD wKeybdLangID, wLayoutID;
+    DWORD dwhkl, dwType, dwSize;
     UNICODE_STRING ustrKbdName;
     UNICODE_STRING ustrKLID;
     WCHAR wszRegKey[256] = L"SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\Keyboard Layouts\\";
-    WCHAR wszLayoutId[10], wszNewKLID[10], szImeFileName[80];
-    WCHAR *endptr;
+    WCHAR wszLayoutId[10], wszNewKLID[10];
     HKEY hKey;
-    HKL hInputKL, hNewKL;
+    HKL hNewKL;
 
-    hInputKL = (HKL)UlongToHandle(wcstoul(pwszKLID, &endptr, 16));
-    if ((endptr - pwszKLID) != 8)
-    {
-        ERR("pwszKLID: '%S'\n", pwszKLID);
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    wKeybdLangID = LOWORD(hInputKL); /* language identifier */
-    wLayoutID = HIWORD(hInputKL); /* layout identifier */
+    /* LOWORD of dwhkl is Locale Identifier */
+    dwhkl = LOWORD(wcstoul(pwszKLID, NULL, 16));
 
     if (Flags & KLF_SUBSTITUTE_OK)
     {
@@ -694,32 +683,19 @@ IntLoadKeyboardLayout(
     StringCbCatW(wszRegKey, sizeof(wszRegKey), pwszKLID);
 
     /* Open layout registry key for read */
-    if (RegOpenKeyExW(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, wszRegKey, 0, KEY_READ, &hKey) == ERROR_SUCCESS)
+    if (RegOpenKeyExW(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, wszRegKey, 0,
+                      KEY_READ, &hKey) == ERROR_SUCCESS)
     {
-        /* Check "Layout Id" value */
         dwSize = sizeof(wszLayoutId);
         if (RegQueryValueExW(hKey, L"Layout Id", NULL, &dwType, (LPBYTE)wszLayoutId, &dwSize) == ERROR_SUCCESS)
         {
             /* If Layout Id is specified, use this value | f000 as HIWORD */
             /* FIXME: Microsoft Office expects this value to be something specific
              * for Japanese and Korean Windows with an IME the value is 0xe001
+             * We should probably check to see if an IME exists and if so then
+             * set this word properly.
              */
-            wLayoutID = 0xF000 | LOWORD(wcstol(wszLayoutId, NULL, 16));
-        }
-
-        if (IS_IME_HKL(hInputKL)) /* IME? */
-        {
-            /* Check "IME File" value */
-            dwSize = sizeof(szImeFileName);
-            if (RegQueryValueExW(hKey, L"IME File", NULL, &dwType, (LPBYTE)szImeFileName,
-                                 &dwSize) != ERROR_SUCCESS)
-            {
-                /*
-                 * FIXME: We should probably check to see if an IME exists and if so then
-                 *        set this word properly.
-                 */
-                wLayoutID = 0;
-            }
+            dwhkl |= (0xf000 | wcstol(wszLayoutId, NULL, 16)) << 16;
         }
 
         /* Close the key now */
@@ -731,20 +707,15 @@ IntLoadKeyboardLayout(
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    if (IS_IME_HKL(hInputKL) && wLayoutID) /* IME? */
-    {
-        dwHKL = HandleToUlong(hInputKL);
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        if (!wLayoutID)
-            wLayoutID = wKeybdLangID;
-        dwHKL = MAKELONG(wKeybdLangID, wLayoutID);
-    }
+    /* If Layout Id is not given HIWORD == LOWORD (for dwhkl) */
+    if (!HIWORD(dwhkl))
+        dwhkl |= dwhkl << 16;
 
     ZeroMemory(&ustrKbdName, sizeof(ustrKbdName));
     RtlInitUnicodeString(&ustrKLID, pwszKLID);
-    hNewKL = NtUserLoadKeyboardLayoutEx(NULL, 0, &ustrKbdName, NULL, &ustrKLID, dwHKL, Flags);
+    hNewKL = NtUserLoadKeyboardLayoutEx(NULL, 0, &ustrKbdName,
+                                        NULL, &ustrKLID,
+                                        dwhkl, Flags);
     CliImmInitializeHotKeys(SETIMEHOTKEY_ADD, hNewKL);
     return hNewKL;
 }