diff --git a/build/bakefiles/Bakefiles.bkgen b/build/bakefiles/Bakefiles.bkgen
index fb76727649..5d93d64d5c 100644
--- a/build/bakefiles/Bakefiles.bkgen
+++ b/build/bakefiles/Bakefiles.bkgen
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
                 we don't want to clutter the source tree with these files.
     -->
 
-    <disable-formats>dmars,dmars_smake,msevc4prj,msvs2003prj</disable-formats>
+    <disable-formats>dmars,dmars_smake,msevc4prj</disable-formats>
 
 
     <!-- These wildcards match all .bkl files in wxWidgets tree: -->
diff --git a/build/bakefiles/common.bkl b/build/bakefiles/common.bkl
index 410524ddb6..b6f2281ac1 100644
--- a/build/bakefiles/common.bkl
+++ b/build/bakefiles/common.bkl
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 <makefile>
 
-    <requires version="0.2.1"/>
+    <requires version="0.2.3"/>
 
     <!-- bakefile modules we need: -->
     <using module="datafiles"/>
@@ -308,13 +308,6 @@
         </if>
         <define>$(NO_VC_CRTDBG)</define>
         <define>$(WIN32_WINNT)</define>
-        <if cond="FORMAT=='msevc4prj' and
-                  BAKEFILE_VERSION in ['0.1.9'] and
-                  USE_RTTI=='0'">
-            <!-- hack to make eVC4 2.6.2 project files compatible with what we had in 2.6.1 -->
-            <set var="_ldlibs">$(_ldlibs.replace('ccrtrtti.lib', ''))</set>
-            <set var="_cppflags">$(_cppflags.replace('/GR', ''))</set>
-        </if>
         <if cond="FORMAT=='msvc'">
             <ldflags>$(LINK_TARGET_CPU)</ldflags>
         </if>
diff --git a/build/bakefiles/config.bkl b/build/bakefiles/config.bkl
index 8c6f6eecc6..9a0af271ca 100644
--- a/build/bakefiles/config.bkl
+++ b/build/bakefiles/config.bkl
@@ -107,14 +107,10 @@ Accepted values: AMD64, IA64.
         <set var="TARGET_CPU"/>
     </if>
 
-    <!-- FIXME: restore this once bakefile is fixed to not use
-                /Gm /GZ (incompatible with /O2) w/ debug-info -->
     <set var="DEBUG_INFO_DEFAULT">
-        <if cond="FORMAT in ['msvc','msvc6prj','msevc4prj','msvs2003prj','msvs2005prj']">1</if>
-        <if cond="FORMAT not in ['msvc','msvc6prj','msevc4prj','msvs2003prj','msvs2005prj']">default</if>
+        <if cond="IS_MSVC_PRJ=='1'">1</if>
+        <if cond="IS_MSVC_PRJ=='0'">default</if>
     </set>
-    -->
-    <set var="DEBUG_INFO_DEFAULT">default</set>
 
     <option name="DEBUG_INFO">
         <values>0,1,default</values>
@@ -415,10 +411,9 @@ it if SHARED=1 unless you know what you are doing.
 
         <set var="WITH_PLUGIN_SDL">0</set>
 
-        <set var="SRCDIR">
-            <if cond="BUILDING_LIB=='1'">..$(DIRSEP)..</if>
-            <if cond="BUILDING_LIB=='0'">.</if>
-        </set>
+        <if cond="BUILDING_LIB=='1'">
+            <set-srcdir>../..</set-srcdir>
+        </if>
         <set var="TOP_SRCDIR">$(SRCDIR)/$(WXTOPDIR)</set>
     </if>
 
diff --git a/build/bakefiles/wx.bkl b/build/bakefiles/wx.bkl
index b7d8616b1e..9be3f9895b 100644
--- a/build/bakefiles/wx.bkl
+++ b/build/bakefiles/wx.bkl
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@
             <depends-on-file>$(SRCDIR)/include/wx/msw/genrcdefs.h</depends-on-file>
 
             <command>
-                $(DOLLAR)(CPP) "$(SRCDIR)\include\wx\msw\genrcdefs.h" > "$(SETUPHDIR)\wx\msw\rcdefs.h"
+                $(DOLLAR)(CPP) "$(nativePaths(SRCDIR))\include\wx\msw\genrcdefs.h" > "$(SETUPHDIR)\wx\msw\rcdefs.h"
             </command>
 
         </action>