diff --git a/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt b/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
index 804629c525..f42c42074d 100644
--- a/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ 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 b2e68a1671..ff2a67f87f 100644
--- a/contrib/buildsystems/Generators/Vcxproj.pm
+++ b/contrib/buildsystems/Generators/Vcxproj.pm
@@ -175,7 +175,6 @@ sub createProject {
       <AdditionalDependencies>\$(VCPKGLibs);\$(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
       <AdditionalOptions>invalidcontinue.obj %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
       <EntryPointSymbol>wmainCRTStartup</EntryPointSymbol>
-      <ManifestFile>$cdup\\compat\\win32\\git.manifest</ManifestFile>
       <SubSystem>Console</SubSystem>
     </Link>
 EOM
diff --git a/git.rc b/git.rc
index cc3fdc6cc6..a318a53c12 100644
--- a/git.rc
+++ b/git.rc
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#include<winuser.h>
 1 VERSIONINFO
 FILEVERSION     MAJOR,MINOR,MICRO,PATCHLEVEL
 PRODUCTVERSION  MAJOR,MINOR,MICRO,PATCHLEVEL