diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 93da5feec4..9e6e788c05 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -710,7 +710,6 @@ if (WIN32)
         if (USE_DEBUG_CONSOLE AND BUILD_OPENMW)
             set_target_properties(openmw PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS_DEBUG "/SUBSYSTEM:CONSOLE")
             set_target_properties(openmw PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO "/SUBSYSTEM:CONSOLE")
-            set_target_properties(openmw PROPERTIES COMPILE_DEFINITIONS $<$<CONFIG:Debug>:_CONSOLE>)
         elseif (BUILD_OPENMW)
             # Turn off debug console, debug output will be written to visual studio output instead
             set_target_properties(openmw PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS_DEBUG "/SUBSYSTEM:WINDOWS")