diff --git a/dlls/ntdll/actctx.c b/dlls/ntdll/actctx.c
index 0c0d0f41a8d..6612e33cee2 100644
--- a/dlls/ntdll/actctx.c
+++ b/dlls/ntdll/actctx.c
@@ -779,12 +779,12 @@ static inline BOOL xml_elem_cmp(const struct xml_elem *elem, const WCHAR *str, c
 {
     if (!xmlstr_cmp( &elem->name, str )) return FALSE;
     if (xmlstr_cmp( &elem->ns, namespace )) return TRUE;
-    if (!strcmpW( namespace, asmv1W ))
+    if (!wcscmp( namespace, asmv1W ))
     {
         if (xmlstr_cmp( &elem->ns, asmv2W )) return TRUE;
         if (xmlstr_cmp( &elem->ns, asmv3W )) return TRUE;
     }
-    else if (!strcmpW( namespace, asmv2W ))
+    else if (!wcscmp( namespace, asmv2W ))
     {
         if (xmlstr_cmp( &elem->ns, asmv3W )) return TRUE;
     }
@@ -1014,7 +1014,7 @@ static BOOL is_matching_identity( const struct assembly_identity *id1,
 
     if (id1->language && id2->language && !is_matching_string( id1->language, id2->language ))
     {
-        if (strcmpW( wildcardW, id1->language ) && strcmpW( wildcardW, id2->language ))
+        if (wcscmp( wildcardW, id1->language ) && wcscmp( wildcardW, id2->language ))
             return FALSE;
     }
     if (id1->version.major != id2->version.major) return FALSE;
@@ -2235,7 +2235,7 @@ static void parse_dependent_assembly_elem( xmlbuf_t *xmlbuf, struct actctx_loade
         {
             parse_assembly_identity_elem(xmlbuf, acl->actctx, &ai, &elem);
             /* store the newly found identity for later loading */
-            if (ai.arch && !strcmpW(ai.arch, wildcardW)) ai.arch = strdupW( current_archW );
+            if (ai.arch && !wcscmp(ai.arch, wildcardW)) ai.arch = strdupW( current_archW );
             TRACE( "adding name=%s version=%s arch=%s\n",
                    debugstr_w(ai.name), debugstr_version(&ai.version), debugstr_w(ai.arch) );
             if (!add_dependent_assembly_id(acl, &ai)) set_error( xmlbuf );
@@ -4926,8 +4926,8 @@ static const WCHAR *find_app_settings( ACTIVATION_CONTEXT *actctx, const WCHAR *
         {
             struct entity *entity = &assembly->entities.base[j];
             if (entity->kind == ACTIVATION_CONTEXT_SECTION_APPLICATION_SETTINGS &&
-                !strcmpW( entity->u.settings.name, settings ) &&
-                !strcmpW( entity->u.settings.ns, ns ))
+                !wcscmp( entity->u.settings.name, settings ) &&
+                !wcscmp( entity->u.settings.ns, ns ))
                 return entity->u.settings.value;
         }
     }
@@ -5589,10 +5589,10 @@ NTSTATUS WINAPI RtlQueryActivationContextApplicationSettings( DWORD flags, HANDL
 
     if (ns)
     {
-        if (strcmpW( ns, windowsSettings2005NSW ) &&
-            strcmpW( ns, windowsSettings2011NSW ) &&
-            strcmpW( ns, windowsSettings2016NSW ) &&
-            strcmpW( ns, windowsSettings2017NSW ))
+        if (wcscmp( ns, windowsSettings2005NSW ) &&
+            wcscmp( ns, windowsSettings2011NSW ) &&
+            wcscmp( ns, windowsSettings2016NSW ) &&
+            wcscmp( ns, windowsSettings2017NSW ))
             return STATUS_INVALID_PARAMETER;
     }
     else ns = windowsSettings2005NSW;
diff --git a/dlls/ntdll/directory.c b/dlls/ntdll/directory.c
index f41b11ec76a..436ddf53660 100644
--- a/dlls/ntdll/directory.c
+++ b/dlls/ntdll/directory.c
@@ -1820,7 +1820,7 @@ static int name_compare( const void *a, const void *b )
     const struct dir_data_names *file_b = (const struct dir_data_names *)b;
     int ret = RtlCompareUnicodeStrings( file_a->long_name, wcslen(file_a->long_name),
                                         file_b->long_name, wcslen(file_b->long_name), TRUE );
-    if (!ret) ret = strcmpW( file_a->long_name, file_b->long_name );
+    if (!ret) ret = wcscmp( file_a->long_name, file_b->long_name );
     return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/dlls/ntdll/locale.c b/dlls/ntdll/locale.c
index 1611a52f1aa..9773284f631 100644
--- a/dlls/ntdll/locale.c
+++ b/dlls/ntdll/locale.c
@@ -847,7 +847,7 @@ static LCID unix_locale_to_lcid( const char *unix_name )
 
     if (!(p = wcspbrk( buffer, sepW )))
     {
-        if (!strcmpW( buffer, posixW ) || !strcmpW( buffer, cW ))
+        if (!wcscmp( buffer, posixW ) || !wcscmp( buffer, cW ))
             return MAKELCID( MAKELANGID(LANG_ENGLISH,SUBLANG_DEFAULT), SORT_DEFAULT );
         wcscpy( win_name, buffer );
     }
@@ -877,8 +877,8 @@ static LCID unix_locale_to_lcid( const char *unix_name )
     wcscpy( win_name, buffer );
     if (modifier)
     {
-        if (!strcmpW( modifier, latinW )) wcscat( win_name, latnW );
-        else if (!strcmpW( modifier, euroW )) {} /* ignore */
+        if (!wcscmp( modifier, latinW )) wcscat( win_name, latnW );
+        else if (!wcscmp( modifier, euroW )) {} /* ignore */
         else return 0;
     }
     if (country)
diff --git a/dlls/ntdll/ntdll_misc.h b/dlls/ntdll/ntdll_misc.h
index 1249acbcdd0..a81e13659eb 100644
--- a/dlls/ntdll/ntdll_misc.h
+++ b/dlls/ntdll/ntdll_misc.h
@@ -311,6 +311,7 @@ int    WINAPIV NTDLL_swprintf( WCHAR *str, const WCHAR *format, ... );
 #define wcslen(s) NTDLL_wcslen(s)
 #define wcscspn(s,r) NTDLL_wcscspn(s,r)
 #define wcsspn(s,a) NTDLL_wcsspn(s,a)
+#define wcscmp(s1,s2) NTDLL_wcscmp(s1,s2)
 
 /* convert from straight ASCII to Unicode without depending on the current codepage */
 static inline void ascii_to_unicode( WCHAR *dst, const char *src, size_t len )
diff --git a/dlls/ntdll/time.c b/dlls/ntdll/time.c
index 21b25df3f3b..b42a621aa2f 100644
--- a/dlls/ntdll/time.c
+++ b/dlls/ntdll/time.c
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@
 #include "windef.h"
 #include "winternl.h"
 #include "wine/exception.h"
-#include "wine/unicode.h"
 #include "wine/debug.h"
 #include "ntdll_misc.h"
 
@@ -662,7 +661,7 @@ static int compare_tz_key(const void *a, const void *b)
     const struct tz_name_map *map_a, *map_b;
     map_a = (const struct tz_name_map *)a;
     map_b = (const struct tz_name_map *)b;
-    return strcmpW(map_a->key_name, map_b->key_name);
+    return wcscmp(map_a->key_name, map_b->key_name);
 }
 
 static BOOL match_tz_name(const char* tz_name,
diff --git a/dlls/ntdll/version.c b/dlls/ntdll/version.c
index 3eb16a092eb..bb47e39f587 100644
--- a/dlls/ntdll/version.c
+++ b/dlls/ntdll/version.c
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 #include "ntstatus.h"
 #define WIN32_NO_STATUS
 #include "windef.h"
-#include "wine/unicode.h"
 #include "wine/debug.h"
 #include "ntdll_misc.h"
 #include "ddk/wdm.h"
@@ -458,7 +457,7 @@ static BOOL parse_win_version( HANDLE hkey )
 
     for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(version_names); i++)
     {
-        if (strcmpW( version_names[i].name, name )) continue;
+        if (wcscmp( version_names[i].name, name )) continue;
         current_version = &VersionData[version_names[i].ver];
         TRACE( "got win version %s\n", debugstr_w(version_names[i].name) );
         return TRUE;