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     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
-    <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
+    <WholeProgramOptimization>false</WholeProgramOptimization>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>StaticLibrary</ConfigurationType>
     <UseDebugLibraries>false</UseDebugLibraries>
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
-    <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration" Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='DebugFast|Win32'">
     <ConfigurationType>StaticLibrary</ConfigurationType>
diff --git a/Source/VSProps/CodeGen_Release.props b/Source/VSProps/CodeGen_Release.props
index 45b6b64621..74770b6910 100644
--- a/Source/VSProps/CodeGen_Release.props
+++ b/Source/VSProps/CodeGen_Release.props
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
       <FavorSizeOrSpeed>Speed</FavorSizeOrSpeed>
       <OmitFramePointers>true</OmitFramePointers>
       <EnableFiberSafeOptimizations>true</EnableFiberSafeOptimizations>
-      <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
       <StringPooling>true</StringPooling>
       <MinimalRebuild>false</MinimalRebuild>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
@@ -25,7 +24,6 @@
     <Link>
       <OptimizeReferences>true</OptimizeReferences>
       <EnableCOMDATFolding>true</EnableCOMDATFolding>
-      <LinkTimeCodeGeneration>Default</LinkTimeCodeGeneration>
     </Link>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemGroup />