diff --git a/common/include/Pcsx2Api.h b/common/include/Pcsx2Api.h
index 5841f931c3..06b1240d3c 100644
--- a/common/include/Pcsx2Api.h
+++ b/common/include/Pcsx2Api.h
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 #define NEW_PLUGIN_APIS
 
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
-#define EXPORT_C(type) extern "C" __declspec(dllexport) type CALLBACK
+#define EXPORT_C(type) extern "C" type CALLBACK
 #else
 #define EXPORT_C(type) extern "C" __attribute__((externally_visible,visibility("default"))) type
 #endif
diff --git a/plugins/GSdx/stdafx.h b/plugins/GSdx/stdafx.h
index a23bfba7a5..2d3e2d66de 100644
--- a/plugins/GSdx/stdafx.h
+++ b/plugins/GSdx/stdafx.h
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ using namespace stdext;
     #define alignas(n) __declspec(align(n))
 #endif
 
-    #define EXPORT_C_(type) extern "C" __declspec(dllexport) type __stdcall
+    #define EXPORT_C_(type) extern "C" type __stdcall
     #define EXPORT_C EXPORT_C_(void)
 
     #define ALIGN_STACK(n) alignas(n) int dummy__;
diff --git a/plugins/GSdx_legacy/stdafx.h b/plugins/GSdx_legacy/stdafx.h
index e1ffe1ed74..07f55cfcd7 100644
--- a/plugins/GSdx_legacy/stdafx.h
+++ b/plugins/GSdx_legacy/stdafx.h
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ using namespace stdext;
 
     #define __aligned(t, n) __declspec(align(n)) t
 
-    #define EXPORT_C_(type) extern "C" __declspec(dllexport) type __stdcall
+    #define EXPORT_C_(type) extern "C" type __stdcall
     #define EXPORT_C EXPORT_C_(void)
 
     #define ALIGN_STACK(n) __aligned(int, n) __dummy;
diff --git a/plugins/LilyPad/Global.h b/plugins/LilyPad/Global.h
index e3f0df4de7..8b12b127a5 100644
--- a/plugins/LilyPad/Global.h
+++ b/plugins/LilyPad/Global.h
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ extern Window  GSwin;
 #endif
 
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
-#define EXPORT_C_(type) extern "C" __declspec(dllexport) type CALLBACK
+#define EXPORT_C_(type) extern "C" type CALLBACK
 #else
 #define EXPORT_C_(type) extern "C" __attribute__((stdcall,externally_visible,visibility("default"))) type CALLBACK
 #endif
diff --git a/plugins/spu2-x/src/PS2E-spu2.h b/plugins/spu2-x/src/PS2E-spu2.h
index 112947802c..d01f10147c 100644
--- a/plugins/spu2-x/src/PS2E-spu2.h
+++ b/plugins/spu2-x/src/PS2E-spu2.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
-#define EXPORT_C_(type) extern "C" __declspec(dllexport) type CALLBACK
+#define EXPORT_C_(type) extern "C" type CALLBACK
 #else
 #define EXPORT_C_(type) extern "C" __attribute__((stdcall,externally_visible,visibility("default"))) type
 #endif
diff --git a/plugins/xpad/stdafx.h b/plugins/xpad/stdafx.h
index ca7195e206..522adab22c 100644
--- a/plugins/xpad/stdafx.h
+++ b/plugins/xpad/stdafx.h
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ typedef signed long long int64;
 
 #define countof(a) (sizeof(a) / sizeof(a[0]))
 
-#define EXPORT_C extern "C" __declspec(dllexport) void __stdcall
-#define EXPORT_C_(type) extern "C" __declspec(dllexport) type __stdcall
+#define EXPORT_C extern "C" void __stdcall
+#define EXPORT_C_(type) extern "C" type __stdcall
 
 #define ALIGN_STACK(n) __declspec(align(n)) int __dummy;