diff --git a/ares/Makefile.vc6 b/ares/Makefile.vc6
index 0c31bd92c..871efa33e 100644
--- a/ares/Makefile.vc6
+++ b/ares/Makefile.vc6
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ USE_WATT32  = 0
 
 CC = cl
 
-CFLAGS  = -nologo -$(CFG_MODEL)$(DEBUG_MODEL) -W3 -Yd -Zi -Du_int16_t=u_short
+CFLAGS  = -nologo -$(CFG_MODEL)$(DEBUG_MODEL) -W3 -Yd -Zi
 LDFLAGS = -machine:i386 -map
 
 OBJ_DIR  = VC6_obj
diff --git a/ares/ares.h b/ares/ares.h
index bfca7dae1..ad7c4d57a 100644
--- a/ares/ares.h
+++ b/ares/ares.h
@@ -323,9 +323,9 @@ struct addr6ttl {
 };
 
 struct srv_reply {
-  u_int16_t weight;
-  u_int16_t priority;
-  u_int16_t port;
+  unsigned short weight;
+  unsigned short priority;
+  unsigned short port;
   char *host;
 };
 
diff --git a/ares/ares_parse_srv_reply.3 b/ares/ares_parse_srv_reply.3
index 8f3edf4f4..a83d480a3 100644
--- a/ares/ares_parse_srv_reply.3
+++ b/ares/ares_parse_srv_reply.3
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ contains the following fields:
 .in +4n
 .nf
 struct srv_reply {
-    u_int16_t weight;
-    u_int16_t priority;
-    u_int16_t port;
+    unsigned short weight;
+    unsigned short priority;
+    unsigned short port;
     char *host;
 };
 .fi
diff --git a/ares/ares_parse_srv_reply.c b/ares/ares_parse_srv_reply.c
index 61f0be1ea..5b1e218d4 100644
--- a/ares/ares_parse_srv_reply.c
+++ b/ares/ares_parse_srv_reply.c
@@ -120,12 +120,12 @@ ares_parse_srv_reply (const unsigned char *abuf, int alen,
               break;
             }
 
-          srv[i].priority = ntohs (*((u_int16_t *)aptr));
-          aptr += sizeof(u_int16_t);
-          srv[i].weight = ntohs (*((u_int16_t *)aptr));
-          aptr += sizeof(u_int16_t);
-          srv[i].port = ntohs (*((u_int16_t *)aptr));
-          aptr += sizeof(u_int16_t);
+          srv[i].priority = ntohs (*((unsigned short *)aptr));
+          aptr += sizeof(unsigned short);
+          srv[i].weight = ntohs (*((unsigned short *)aptr));
+          aptr += sizeof(unsigned short);
+          srv[i].port = ntohs (*((unsigned short *)aptr));
+          aptr += sizeof(unsigned short);
 
           status = ares_expand_name (aptr, abuf, alen, &srv[i].host, &len);
           if (status != ARES_SUCCESS)