diff --git a/src/common/AddressRanges.h b/src/common/AddressRanges.h
index e68704ded..3396480f5 100644
--- a/src/common/AddressRanges.h
+++ b/src/common/AddressRanges.h
@@ -35,8 +35,12 @@
 // ******************************************************************
 #pragma once
 
+#ifndef CXBXEMULATOR_EXPORTS // Only trim Windows symbols CxbxLoader, not in CxbxEmulator
 #include <SDKDDKVer.h>
 #define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN             // Exclude rarely-used stuff from Windows headers
+#endif // CXBXEMULATOR_EXPORTS
+
+#undef FIELD_OFFSET     // prevent macro redefinition warnings
 #include <windows.h> // For DWORD, CALLBACK, VirtualAlloc, LPVOID, SIZE_T, HMODULE 
 
 #define KB(x) ((x) *    1024 ) // = 0x00000400
diff --git a/src/core/hle/D3D8/Direct3D9/Direct3D9.cpp b/src/core/hle/D3D8/Direct3D9/Direct3D9.cpp
index e8ae724c3..ae392e413 100644
--- a/src/core/hle/D3D8/Direct3D9/Direct3D9.cpp
+++ b/src/core/hle/D3D8/Direct3D9/Direct3D9.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@
 // ******************************************************************
 #define LOG_PREFIX CXBXR_MODULE::D3D8
 
+#ifdef CXBXEMULATOR_EXPORTS // DbgConsole only in Cxbx, not in CxbxEmulator
+	#undef INCLUDE_DBG_CONSOLE
+#else
+	#define INCLUDE_DBG_CONSOLE
+#endif
 #include "common\util\hasher.h"
 #include <condition_variable>
 #include <stack>
@@ -41,7 +46,9 @@ namespace xboxkrnl
 #include "core\kernel\init\CxbxKrnl.h"
 #include "core\kernel\support\Emu.h"
 #include "EmuShared.h"
+#ifdef INCLUDE_DBG_CONSOLE
 #include "gui\DbgConsole.h"
+#endif
 #include "core\hle\D3D8\ResourceTracker.h"
 #include "core\hle\D3D8\Direct3D9\Direct3D9.h" // For LPDIRECTDRAWSURFACE7
 #include "core\hle\D3D8\XbVertexBuffer.h"
@@ -1783,7 +1790,9 @@ static DWORD WINAPI EmuRenderWindow(LPVOID lpVoid)
 
     SetFocus(g_hEmuWindow);
 
-    DbgConsole *dbgConsole = new DbgConsole();
+#ifdef INCLUDE_DBG_CONSOLE
+	DbgConsole *dbgConsole = new DbgConsole();
+#endif
 
     // message processing loop
     {
@@ -1806,21 +1815,27 @@ static DWORD WINAPI EmuRenderWindow(LPVOID lpVoid)
             {
 				Sleep(0);
 
+#ifdef INCLUDE_DBG_CONSOLE
                 // if we've just switched back to display off, clear buffer & display prompt
                 if(!g_bPrintfOn && lPrintfOn)
                 {
-                    dbgConsole->Reset();
+					dbgConsole->Reset();
                 }
+#endif
 
                 lPrintfOn = g_bPrintfOn;
 
-                dbgConsole->Process();
+#ifdef INCLUDE_DBG_CONSOLE
+				dbgConsole->Process();
+#endif
             }
         }
 
         g_bRenderWindowActive = false;
 
-        delete dbgConsole;
+#ifdef INCLUDE_DBG_CONSOLE
+		delete dbgConsole;
+#endif
 
         CxbxKrnlCleanup(nullptr);
     }
diff --git a/src/emulator/targetver.h b/src/emulator/targetver.h
index 90e767bfc..ba864c29a 100644
--- a/src/emulator/targetver.h
+++ b/src/emulator/targetver.h
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
 // If you wish to build your application for a previous Windows platform, include WinSDKVer.h and
 // set the _WIN32_WINNT macro to the platform you wish to support before including SDKDDKVer.h.
 
-#include <SDKDDKVer.h>
+//#include <SDKDDKVer.h>