diff --git a/dtool/src/dtoolbase/dtoolbase.h b/dtool/src/dtoolbase/dtoolbase.h
index 5ec13bddb3..50ad8ba8bd 100644
--- a/dtool/src/dtoolbase/dtoolbase.h
+++ b/dtool/src/dtoolbase/dtoolbase.h
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@
   I'm smart enough to use GetProcAddress for backward compat on
   w95/w98 for newer fns
 */
+#ifdef _WIN32_WINNT
+#undef _WIN32_WINNT
+#endif
 #define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0502
 
 #include "dtoolsymbols.h"