diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5c9b7f86ac..9a78028bca 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -182,15 +182,15 @@ IF (APPLE)
 
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -stdlib=libc++")
     set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} -stdlib=libc++")
-ELSEIF(MINGW)
-    # PSAPI is the Process Status API
-    set(PLATFORM_LIBRARIES winmm ws2_32 psapi imm32 version)
-
-    # WSAPoll functionality doesn't exist before WinNT 6.x (Vista and up)
-    add_definitions(-D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0600)
-ELSEIF(WIN32)
+ELSEIF (WIN32)
+    #WSAPoll and other fileutil.cpp functionalities didn't exist before WinNT 6.x (Vista and up)
+    add_definitions(-D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0600 -DWINVER=0x0600)
     set(PLATFORM_LIBRARIES winmm ws2_32)
-ELSEIF(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "^(Linux|kFreeBSD|GNU|SunOS)$")
+    if (MINGW)
+        # PSAPI is the Process Status API
+        set(PLATFORM_LIBRARIES winmm ws2_32 psapi imm32 version)
+    ENDIF (MINGW)
+ELSEIF (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "^(Linux|kFreeBSD|GNU|SunOS)$")
     set(PLATFORM_LIBRARIES rt)
 ENDIF (APPLE)
 
diff --git a/src/common/file_util.cpp b/src/common/file_util.cpp
index 413a8e7e59..b6161f2dc0 100644
--- a/src/common/file_util.cpp
+++ b/src/common/file_util.cpp
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@
 #define stat _stat64
 #define fstat _fstat64
 #define fileno _fileno
-// Windows version, at least Vista is required to obtain AppData Path
-#define WINVER 0x0600
-#define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0600
 #else
 #ifdef __APPLE__
 #include <sys/param.h>