diff --git a/desmume/src/frontend/windows/desmume.props b/desmume/src/frontend/windows/desmume.props
index 7cd36b38a..9e7917cdc 100644
--- a/desmume/src/frontend/windows/desmume.props
+++ b/desmume/src/frontend/windows/desmume.props
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
 			<AdditionalIncludeDirectories>.;..\..;lua\include;glib-2.20.1\build;.\zlib128;.\zziplib;.\winpcap;userconfig;defaultconfig;.\agg\include;.\agg\examples;directx;File_Extractor;..\..\libretro-common\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
 
 			<!-- universal definitions -->
-			<PreprocessorDefinitions>_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE;WIN32;HAVE_ZLIB_DEFLATE;HAVE_LIBZ;NOMINMAX;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+			<PreprocessorDefinitions>_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE;WIN32;HAVE_ZLIB_DEFLATE;HAVE_LIBZ;WIN32_FRONTEND;NOMINMAX;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
 
 			<!-- BETA_VERSION ? -->
 			<PreprocessorDefinitions Condition="'$(NDS_OPT)' == 'Debug'">_DEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
diff --git a/desmume/src/frontend/windows/main.h b/desmume/src/frontend/windows/main.h
index e8466c89f..59c142969 100644
--- a/desmume/src/frontend/windows/main.h
+++ b/desmume/src/frontend/windows/main.h
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@
 #define _MAIN_H_
 
 #define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
-#ifndef TARGET_INTERFACE
-    #define WIN32_FRONTEND
-#endif
 #include <Windows.h>
 #include "types.h"
 #include "CWindow.h"