diff --git a/src/app/main.cpp b/src/app/main.cpp
index 22e992d7901..08814a79fd7 100644
--- a/src/app/main.cpp
+++ b/src/app/main.cpp
@@ -15,10 +15,6 @@
  *                                                                         *
  ***************************************************************************/
 
-#ifdef _MSC_VER
-#undef APP_EXPORT
-#define APP_EXPORT __declspec(dllimport)
-#endif
 
 //qt includes
 #include <QBitmap>