diff --git a/dtool/pptempl/Global.gmsvc.pp b/dtool/pptempl/Global.gmsvc.pp
index e12fb17288..8a0edb1276 100644
--- a/dtool/pptempl/Global.gmsvc.pp
+++ b/dtool/pptempl/Global.gmsvc.pp
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
 // '#defer extra_cflags $[extra_cflags] /STUFF' will never work because extra_cflags hasnt been
 // defined yet, so this just evaluates the reference to null and removes the reference and the
 // the defining extra_cflags in individual sources.pp's will not picked up.  use END_FLAGS instead
-#defer extra_cflags /EHsc /Zm500 /DWIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN /DWIN32_VC /DWIN32=1 $[WARNING_LEVEL_FLAG] $[END_CFLAGS]
+#defer extra_cflags /EHsc /Zm500 /DWIN32_VC /DWIN32=1 $[WARNING_LEVEL_FLAG] $[END_CFLAGS]
 
 #if $[direct_tau]
 #define tau_ipath $[TAU_ROOT]/include