diff --git a/build/tools/msvs/package.bat b/build/tools/msvs/package.bat
index 3024911e21..c44067eb94 100755
--- a/build/tools/msvs/package.bat
+++ b/build/tools/msvs/package.bat
@@ -79,22 +79,20 @@ rem included from it.
 7z a -t7z %packagePath%\%VCver%\wxMSW-%wxMAJOR_VERSION%.%wxMINOR_VERSION%.%wxRELEASE_NUMBER%_%VCver%_Dev.7z build\msw\wx_setup.props
 7z a -t7z %packagePath%\%VCver%\wxMSW-%wxMAJOR_VERSION%.%wxMINOR_VERSION%.%wxRELEASE_NUMBER%_%VCver%_x64_Dev.7z build\msw\wx_setup.props
 
-rem Create a modified copy of wxwidgets.props suitable for use with our
-rem binaries: we need to enable automatic ABI-compatible MSVC version detection
-rem for this, so we define it in the same place where WXUSINGDLL is defined (as
-rem we only provide DLLs, this is sufficient).
-powershell -noprofile -command "& { (Get-Content wxwidgets.props).Replace('WXUSINGDLL','WXUSINGDLL;wxMSVC_VERSION_ABI_COMPAT') | Set-Content %packagePath%\%VCver%\wxwidgets.props }"
+copy wxwidgets.props %packagePath%\%VCver%\wxwidgets.props
 
 rem Change to the directory containing wxwidgets.props in order to include it
 rem into the archive without any path.
 cd %packagePath%\%VCver%
+
 7z a -t7z wxMSW-%wxMAJOR_VERSION%.%wxMINOR_VERSION%.%wxRELEASE_NUMBER%_%VCver%_Dev.7z wxwidgets.props
 7z a -t7z wxMSW-%wxMAJOR_VERSION%.%wxMINOR_VERSION%.%wxRELEASE_NUMBER%_%VCver%_x64_Dev.7z wxwidgets.props
 
 del wxwidgets.props
 
 del sha1.txt
-fciv . -type *.7z -sha1 -wp >> sha1.txt
+rem fciv requies a complete path to files
+fciv %cd%\. -type *.7z -sha1 -wp >> sha1.txt
 
 
 goto End