diff --git a/platform/windows/detect.py b/platform/windows/detect.py
index 9adab7284c9..4043f3a8c28 100644
--- a/platform/windows/detect.py
+++ b/platform/windows/detect.py
@@ -390,8 +390,6 @@ def configure_msvc(env: "SConsEnvironment", vcvars_msvc_config):
         env.AppendUnique(CPPDEFINES=["R128_STDC_ONLY"])
         env.extra_suffix = ".llvm" + env.extra_suffix
 
-    env["MAXLINELENGTH"] = 8192  # Windows Vista and beyond, so always applicable.
-
     if env["silence_msvc"] and not env.GetOption("clean"):
         from tempfile import mkstemp