diff --git a/vs/xmrig.vcxproj b/vs/xmrig.vcxproj
index e8eaf6fc..67f6490e 100644
--- a/vs/xmrig.vcxproj
+++ b/vs/xmrig.vcxproj
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='vc-release|x64'">
     <ClCompile>
       <MultiProcessorCompilation>true</MultiProcessorCompilation>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>XMRIG_PROJECT;XMRIG_NO_HTTPD;XMRIG_NO_GOOGLE_BREAKPAD;XMRIG_NO_API;__STDC_FORMAT_MACROS;APP_DEBUG</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>XMRIG_PROJECT;XMRIG_NO_HTTPD;XMRIG_NO_GOOGLE_BREAKPAD;XMRIG_NO_API;__STDC_FORMAT_MACROS</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <Optimization>Full</Optimization>
       <InlineFunctionExpansion>AnySuitable</InlineFunctionExpansion>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@
       <OmitFramePointers>true</OmitFramePointers>
       <EnableFiberSafeOptimizations>true</EnableFiberSafeOptimizations>
       <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>XMRIG_PROJECT;XMRIG_NO_HTTPD;XMRIG_NO_GOOGLE_BREAKPAD;XMRIG_NO_API;__STDC_FORMAT_MACROS;APP_DEBUG</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>XMRIG_PROJECT;XMRIG_NO_HTTPD;XMRIG_NO_GOOGLE_BREAKPAD;XMRIG_NO_API;__STDC_FORMAT_MACROS</PreprocessorDefinitions>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(SolutionDir)\..\..\libuv-1.x\Release\$(Platform)\lib;%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>