diff --git a/builds/msvc/properties/Common.props b/builds/msvc/properties/Common.props
index 8912290a..72588d6e 100644
--- a/builds/msvc/properties/Common.props
+++ b/builds/msvc/properties/Common.props
@@ -18,11 +18,4 @@
     </ClCompile>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
 
-  <!-- When using a tool set to target Windows XP, define a pre-processor definition and modify the target Windows version -->
-  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="$(PlatformToolset.Contains('_xp'))">
-    <ClCompile>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>ZMQ_HAVE_WINDOWS_TARGET_XP;_WIN32_WINNT=0x0501;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
-    </ClCompile>
-  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
-
 </Project>
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