diff --git a/include/common.props b/include/common.props
index d1d8213..a35d61d 100644
--- a/include/common.props
+++ b/include/common.props
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
     <ClCompile>
       <WarningLevel>Level4</WarningLevel>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>NTDDI_VERSION=NTDDI_WINXP;_WIN32_WINNT=_WIN32_WINNT_WINXP;wxMSVC_VERSION_AUTO;WXUSINGDLL;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>NTDDI_VERSION=NTDDI_WIN7;_WIN32_WINNT=_WIN32_WINNT_WIN7;wxMSVC_VERSION_AUTO;WXUSINGDLL;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <PrecompiledHeader>Use</PrecompiledHeader>
       <PrecompiledHeaderFile>pch.h</PrecompiledHeaderFile>
       <DebugInformationFormat>ProgramDatabase</DebugInformationFormat>
@@ -46,9 +46,6 @@
       <EnableCOMDATFolding>true</EnableCOMDATFolding>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
     </Link>
-    <ResourceCompile>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WINVER=0x0501;_WIN32_WINNT=0x0501;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
-    </ResourceCompile>
     <POCompile>
       <CheckAccel>Amperstand</CheckAccel>
       <OutputFile>$(OutDir)..\locale\%(Filename)\$(ProjectName).mo</OutputFile>