diff --git a/builds/msvc/configure.bat b/builds/msvc/configure.bat
deleted file mode 100644
index 6f09473e..00000000
--- a/builds/msvc/configure.bat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-@ECHO OFF
-:-  configure.bat creates platform.hpp and configures the build process
-:-  You MUST run this before building via msbuild or VisualStudio.
-
-IF %1.==--help. (
-    ECHO Syntax: configure [ switch ]
-    ECHO    --help                  show this help
-    GOTO END
-)
-ECHO Configuring libzmq...
-
-ECHO //  Generated by configure.bat> platform.hpp
-ECHO. >> platform.hpp
-ECHO #ifndef __PLATFORM_H_INCLUDED__>> platform.hpp
-ECHO #define __PLATFORM_H_INCLUDED__>> platform.hpp
-ECHO. >> platform.hpp
-ECHO #define ZMQ_HAVE_WINDOWS 1>> platform.hpp
-
-:-  Check for dependencies
-IF EXIST "..\..\..\libsodium" (
-    ECHO Building with libsodium
-    ECHO #define HAVE_LIBSODIUM 1>> platform.hpp
-) ELSE (
-    ECHO Building without libsodium
-    ECHO #undef HAVE_LIBSODIUM>> platform.hpp
-)
-
-:-  Check if we want to build the draft API
-if "%1" == "--enable-drafts" goto :with_draft
-if "%1" == "--disable-drafts" goto :no_draft
-IF NOT EXIST "..\..\.git" GOTO no_draft
-:with_draft
-    ECHO Building with draft API (stable + legacy + draft API)
-    ECHO //  Provide draft classes and methods>>platform.hpp
-    ECHO #define ZMQ_BUILD_DRAFT_API 1>>platform.hpp
-    GOTO end_draft
-:no_draft
-    ECHO Building without draft API (stable + legacy API)
-    ECHO #undef ZMQ_BUILD_DRAFT_API 1>>platform.hpp
-:end_draft
-ECHO. >> platform.hpp
-ECHO #endif>> platform.hpp
diff --git a/builds/msvc/platform.hpp b/builds/msvc/platform.hpp
index 5ecce5e7..24546a6e 100644
--- a/builds/msvc/platform.hpp
+++ b/builds/msvc/platform.hpp
@@ -1 +1,14 @@
-#error "Run configure.bat to create platform.h"
+#ifndef __PLATFORM_H_INCLUDED__
+#define __PLATFORM_H_INCLUDED__
+
+#define ZMQ_HAVE_WINDOWS
+
+// MSVC build configuration is controlled via options exposed in the Visual
+// Studio user interface. The option to use libsodium is not exposed in the
+// user interface unless a sibling `libsodium` directory to the that of this
+// repository exists and contains the following files:
+//
+// \builds\msvc\vs2015\libsodium.import.props
+// \builds\msvc\vs2015\libsodium.import.xml
+
+#endif
diff --git a/builds/msvc/readme.txt b/builds/msvc/readme.txt
index 34fbe8cd..b424394b 100644
--- a/builds/msvc/readme.txt
+++ b/builds/msvc/readme.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 For building on Windows, use:
 
-     ./configure.bat
      cd build
-     ./buildall.bat
+     ./build.bat
 
-This requires that the CMD.EXE be created using the DevStudio Tools link to create a CMD.EXE windo.
+This requires that the CMD.EXE be created using the DevStudio Tools link to create a CMD.EXE window.
 
 Visual Studio product and C++ compiler Versions:
 
@@ -22,6 +21,6 @@ More info here:
 
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_C%2B%2B
 
-If multiple DevStudio versions are installed on the machine, you can run buildall.bat on separate windows that each were created by the desired DevStudio target.
+If multiple DevStudio versions are installed, you can run build.bat in separate windows each created by the desired DevStudio target.
 
-If you prefer to build all versions (or several) at the same time, you should uncomment the specific version desired in buildall.bat to build them from a single window.
+To build for all versions of Visual Studio (excluding vs2008), you can run buildall.bat. This is generally a maintainer task.