diff --git a/lib/msvcproj.head b/lib/msvcproj.head
index 2dc968238..370bdd1c3 100644
--- a/lib/msvcproj.head
+++ b/lib/msvcproj.head
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ RSC=rc.exe
 # PROP Intermediate_Dir "Release"
 # PROP Ignore_Export_Lib 0
 # PROP Target_Dir ""
-# ADD BASE CPP /nologo /MT /W3 /GX /O2 /D "WIN32" /D "NDEBUG" /D "_WINDOWS" /D "_MBCS" /D "_USRDLL" /D "CURLLIB_EXPORTS" /YX /FD /c
-# ADD CPP /nologo /MT /W3 /GX /Zi /O2 /I "." /I "..\include" /D "WIN32" /D "NDEBUG" /D "_WINDOWS" /D "_MBCS" /D "_USRDLL" /D "CURLLIB_EXPORTS" /D "_WINDLL" /FR /FD /c
+# ADD BASE CPP /nologo /MT /W3 /GX /O2 /D "WIN32" /D "NDEBUG" /D "_WINDOWS" /D "_MBCS" /D "_USRDLL" /D "BUILDING_LIBCURL" /YX /FD /c
+# ADD CPP /nologo /MT /W3 /GX /Zi /O2 /I "." /I "..\include" /D "WIN32" /D "NDEBUG" /D "_WINDOWS" /D "_MBCS" /D "_USRDLL" /D "BUILDING_LIBCURL" /D "_WINDLL" /FR /FD /c
 # SUBTRACT CPP /YX
 # ADD BASE MTL /nologo /D "NDEBUG" /mktyplib203 /win32
 # ADD MTL /nologo /D "NDEBUG" /mktyplib203 /win32
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ LINK32=link.exe
 # PROP Intermediate_Dir "Debug"
 # PROP Ignore_Export_Lib 0
 # PROP Target_Dir ""
-# ADD BASE CPP /nologo /MTd /W3 /Gm /GX /ZI /Od /D "WIN32" /D "_DEBUG" /D "_WINDOWS" /D "_MBCS" /D "_USRDLL" /D "CURLLIB_EXPORTS" /YX /FD /GZ /c
-# ADD CPP /nologo /MTd /W3 /Gm /GX /Zi /Od /I "." /I "..\include" /D "WIN32" /D "_DEBUG" /D "_WINDOWS" /D "_MBCS" /D "_USRDLL" /D "CURLLIB_EXPORTS" /FR /FD /GZ /c
+# ADD BASE CPP /nologo /MTd /W3 /Gm /GX /ZI /Od /D "WIN32" /D "_DEBUG" /D "_WINDOWS" /D "_MBCS" /D "_USRDLL" /D "BUILDING_LIBCURL" /YX /FD /GZ /c
+# ADD CPP /nologo /MTd /W3 /Gm /GX /Zi /Od /I "." /I "..\include" /D "WIN32" /D "_DEBUG" /D "_WINDOWS" /D "_MBCS" /D "_USRDLL" /D "BUILDING_LIBCURL" /FR /FD /GZ /c
 # SUBTRACT CPP /WX /YX
 # ADD BASE MTL /nologo /D "_DEBUG" /mktyplib203 /win32
 # ADD MTL /nologo /D "_DEBUG" /mktyplib203 /win32