diff --git a/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt b/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
index e02f049a7e8af1..ae6d9f46d133ba 100644
--- a/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ 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 52355932d28b9c..d62249bf7f1010 100644
--- a/contrib/buildsystems/Generators/Vcxproj.pm
+++ b/contrib/buildsystems/Generators/Vcxproj.pm
@@ -198,7 +198,6 @@ 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 b/git.rc
index 9c08cb214ac4a9..c67263e25ae507 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