diff --git a/VisualC/SDL/SDL_VS2010.vcxproj b/VisualC/SDL/SDL_VS2010.vcxproj
index 5da0fa57e..f3175a326 100644
--- a/VisualC/SDL/SDL_VS2010.vcxproj
+++ b/VisualC/SDL/SDL_VS2010.vcxproj
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
       <Culture>0x0409</Culture>
     </ResourceCompile>
     <Link>
-      <AdditionalDependencies>msvcrt.lib;msimg32.lib;version.lib;winmm.lib;imm32.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>winmm.lib;imm32.lib;version.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
       <OutputFile>$(IntDir)SDL.dll</OutputFile>
       <IgnoreAllDefaultLibraries>true</IgnoreAllDefaultLibraries>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
     <ClCompile>
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>_DEBUG;_WINDOWS;_WIN32_WINNT=0x0400;__SSE__;__SSE2__;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>_DEBUG;_WINDOWS;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDLL</RuntimeLibrary>
       <BufferSecurityCheck>false</BufferSecurityCheck>
       <PrecompiledHeader>
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
       <Culture>0x0409</Culture>
     </ResourceCompile>
     <Link>
-      <AdditionalDependencies>msimg32.lib;winmm.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>winmm.lib;imm32.lib;version.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
       <OutputFile>$(IntDir)SDL.dll</OutputFile>
       <IgnoreAllDefaultLibraries>true</IgnoreAllDefaultLibraries>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
       <Culture>0x0409</Culture>
     </ResourceCompile>
     <Link>
-      <AdditionalDependencies>msimg32.lib;winmm.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>winmm.lib;imm32.lib;version.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
       <OutputFile>$(IntDir)SDL.dll</OutputFile>
       <IgnoreAllDefaultLibraries>true</IgnoreAllDefaultLibraries>
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
       <InlineFunctionExpansion>OnlyExplicitInline</InlineFunctionExpansion>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>false</IntrinsicFunctions>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;_WINDOWS;_WIN32_WINNT=0x0400;__SSE__;__SSE2__;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;_WINDOWS;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <StringPooling>true</StringPooling>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDLL</RuntimeLibrary>
       <BufferSecurityCheck>false</BufferSecurityCheck>
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@
       <Culture>0x0409</Culture>
     </ResourceCompile>
     <Link>
-      <AdditionalDependencies>msimg32.lib;winmm.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>winmm.lib;imm32.lib;version.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
       <OutputFile>$(IntDir)SDL.dll</OutputFile>
       <IgnoreAllDefaultLibraries>true</IgnoreAllDefaultLibraries>
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
@@ -446,4 +446,4 @@
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
   </ImportGroup>
-</Project>
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 1b1884d67..1ebd4b56e 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -2200,7 +2200,7 @@ AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-render-d3d], [enable the Direct3D render driver [[defau
         # SDL 1.3 is unicode, and unicows emulates this on Windows 98/ME
         # You can get this here: http://libunicows.sourceforge.net/
         #EXTRA_LDFLAGS="$EXTRA_LDFLAGS -lunicows"
-        EXTRA_LDFLAGS="$EXTRA_LDFLAGS -luser32 -lgdi32 -lmsimg32 -lwinmm -limm32 -lole32 -loleaut32 -lversion -luuid"
+        EXTRA_LDFLAGS="$EXTRA_LDFLAGS -luser32 -lgdi32 -lwinmm -limm32 -lole32 -loleaut32 -lversion -luuid"
         # The Windows platform requires special setup
         VERSION_SOURCES="$srcdir/src/main/windows/*.rc"
         SDLMAIN_SOURCES="$srcdir/src/main/windows/*.c"