diff --git a/builds/windows/vc2010/freetype.vcxproj b/builds/windows/vc2010/freetype.vcxproj
index 1dbccc890..168f8dc19 100644
--- a/builds/windows/vc2010/freetype.vcxproj
+++ b/builds/windows/vc2010/freetype.vcxproj
@@ -242,7 +242,6 @@
       <CompileAs>Default</CompileAs>
       <DisableSpecificWarnings>4001</DisableSpecificWarnings>
       <MultiProcessorCompilation>true</MultiProcessorCompilation>
-      <EnableEnhancedInstructionSet>StreamingSIMDExtensions2</EnableEnhancedInstructionSet>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
     </ClCompile>
     <ResourceCompile>
@@ -296,7 +295,6 @@
       <CompileAs>Default</CompileAs>
       <DisableSpecificWarnings>4001</DisableSpecificWarnings>
       <MultiProcessorCompilation>true</MultiProcessorCompilation>
-      <EnableEnhancedInstructionSet>StreamingSIMDExtensions2</EnableEnhancedInstructionSet>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
     </ClCompile>
     <ResourceCompile>
diff --git a/builds/windows/visualc/freetype.vcproj b/builds/windows/visualc/freetype.vcproj
index f3431d896..ecf0ec9db 100644
--- a/builds/windows/visualc/freetype.vcproj
+++ b/builds/windows/visualc/freetype.vcproj
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="NDEBUG;WIN32;_LIB;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;FT2_BUILD_LIBRARY;DLL_EXPORT"
 				StringPooling="true"
 				RuntimeLibrary="2"
+				EnableEnhancedInstructionSet="2"
 				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="true"
 				DisableLanguageExtensions="true"
 				WarningLevel="4"
@@ -121,6 +122,7 @@
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="NDEBUG;WIN32;_LIB;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;FT2_BUILD_LIBRARY"
 				StringPooling="true"
 				RuntimeLibrary="0"
+				EnableEnhancedInstructionSet="2"
 				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="true"
 				DisableLanguageExtensions="true"
 				WarningLevel="4"