diff --git a/Source/VSProps/Base.props b/Source/VSProps/Base.props
index a73f438abf..348d58fe53 100644
--- a/Source/VSProps/Base.props
+++ b/Source/VSProps/Base.props
@@ -68,16 +68,6 @@
       Make sure we include a clean version of windows.h.
       -->
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN;NOMINMAX;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
-      <!--
-      This numeral indicates the "minimum system required" to run the resulting
-      program. Dolphin targets Vista+, so it should be 0x0600. However in practice,
-      _WIN32_WINNT just removes up-level API declarations from headers. This is a
-      problem for XInput, where Dolphin expects to compile against the Win8+
-      versions of the headers. So while we really need Vista+ level of support,
-      we declare Win8+ here globally. If this becomes a problem, the higher
-      declaration can be contained to just the XInput related code.
-      -->
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>_WIN32_WINNT=0x0602;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <WarningLevel>Level4</WarningLevel>
       <TreatWarningAsError>true</TreatWarningAsError>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>