diff --git a/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt b/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
index 10dc54fdcb..4bb616a7dc 100644
--- a/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ if(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "MSVC")
 	set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_DEBUG ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
 	set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_RELEASE ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
 	add_compile_options(/MP /std:c11)
+	add_link_options(/MANIFEST:NO)
 endif()
 
 #default behaviour
diff --git a/contrib/buildsystems/Generators/Vcxproj.pm b/contrib/buildsystems/Generators/Vcxproj.pm
index a6d1c6b8d0..7a62542eed 100644
--- a/contrib/buildsystems/Generators/Vcxproj.pm
+++ b/contrib/buildsystems/Generators/Vcxproj.pm
@@ -187,7 +187,6 @@ sub createProject {
       <AdditionalDependencies>\$(VCPKGLibs);\$(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
       <AdditionalOptions>invalidcontinue.obj %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
       <EntryPointSymbol>$entrypoint</EntryPointSymbol>
-      <ManifestFile>$cdup\\compat\\win32\\git.manifest</ManifestFile>
       <SubSystem>$subsystem</SubSystem>
     </Link>
 EOM
diff --git a/git.rc.in b/git.rc.in
index e69444eef3..1d5b627b61 100644
--- a/git.rc.in
+++ b/git.rc.in
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#include<winuser.h>
 1 VERSIONINFO
 FILEVERSION     @GIT_MAJOR_VERSION@,@GIT_MINOR_VERSION@,@GIT_MICRO_VERSION@,@GIT_PATCH_LEVEL@
 PRODUCTVERSION  @GIT_MAJOR_VERSION@,@GIT_MINOR_VERSION@,@GIT_MICRO_VERSION@,@GIT_PATCH_LEVEL@