diff --git a/drivers/unix/ip_unix.cpp b/drivers/unix/ip_unix.cpp
index 0ebd5939536..e75408e493c 100644
--- a/drivers/unix/ip_unix.cpp
+++ b/drivers/unix/ip_unix.cpp
@@ -37,19 +37,13 @@
   #ifndef AI_ADDRCONFIG
     #define AI_ADDRCONFIG 0x00000400
   #endif
- #ifdef UWP_ENABLED
   #include <ws2tcpip.h>
   #include <winsock2.h>
   #include <windows.h>
   #include <stdio.h>
- #else
-  #define WINVER 0x0600
-  #include <ws2tcpip.h>
-  #include <winsock2.h>
-  #include <windows.h>
-  #include <stdio.h>
-  #include <iphlpapi.h>
- #endif
+  #ifndef UWP_ENABLED
+    #include <iphlpapi.h>
+  #endif
 #else
  #include <netdb.h>
  #ifdef ANDROID_ENABLED
diff --git a/drivers/windows/file_access_windows.cpp b/drivers/windows/file_access_windows.cpp
index 4060e0e83c3..183cec96ec9 100644
--- a/drivers/windows/file_access_windows.cpp
+++ b/drivers/windows/file_access_windows.cpp
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@
 /*************************************************************************/
 #ifdef WINDOWS_ENABLED
 
-#define WINVER 0x0500
-
 #include <windows.h>
 #include "shlwapi.h"
 #include "file_access_windows.h"
diff --git a/platform/windows/context_gl_win.cpp b/platform/windows/context_gl_win.cpp
index 136ac310f66..6b60ade5f0e 100644
--- a/platform/windows/context_gl_win.cpp
+++ b/platform/windows/context_gl_win.cpp
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
 //
 //
 
-#define WINVER 0x0500
 #include "context_gl_win.h"
 
 //#include "drivers/opengl/glwrapper.h"
diff --git a/platform/windows/detect.py b/platform/windows/detect.py
index 28030afa82d..2262fae0313 100644
--- a/platform/windows/detect.py
+++ b/platform/windows/detect.py
@@ -207,6 +207,10 @@ def build_res_file(target, source, env):
 def configure(env):
 
     env.Append(CPPPATH=['#platform/windows'])
+
+    # Targeted Windows version: Vista (and later)
+    env.Append(CPPFLAGS=['-D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0600'])
+
     env['is_mingw'] = False
     if (os.name == "nt" and os.getenv("VCINSTALLDIR")):
         # build using visual studio
diff --git a/platform/windows/key_mapping_win.cpp b/platform/windows/key_mapping_win.cpp
index 00a0ca79c7f..9ab222e9ee9 100644
--- a/platform/windows/key_mapping_win.cpp
+++ b/platform/windows/key_mapping_win.cpp
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
 /* TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE     */
 /* SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.                */
 /*************************************************************************/
-#define WINVER 0x0500
 #include "key_mapping_win.h"
+
 #include <stdio.h>
 
 struct _WinTranslatePair {
diff --git a/platform/windows/os_windows.cpp b/platform/windows/os_windows.cpp
index 971ec25f773..34ea9cd156d 100644
--- a/platform/windows/os_windows.cpp
+++ b/platform/windows/os_windows.cpp
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ LRESULT OS_Windows::WndProc(HWND hWnd,UINT uMsg, WPARAM	wParam,	LPARAM	lParam) {
 			print_line("input lang change");
 		} break;
 
-		#if WINVER >= 0x0700 // for windows 7
+		#if WINVER >= 0x0601 // for windows 7
 		case WM_TOUCH: {
 
 			BOOL bHandled = FALSE;
diff --git a/platform/windows/os_windows.h b/platform/windows/os_windows.h
index 19367c758b7..e265313f054 100644
--- a/platform/windows/os_windows.h
+++ b/platform/windows/os_windows.h
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@
 #ifndef OS_WINDOWS_H
 #define OS_WINDOWS_H
 
-#define WINVER 0x0600
-
 #include "os/input.h"
 #include "os/os.h"
 #include "context_gl_win.h"