diff --git a/compat/strcasecmp.c b/compat/strcasecmp.c
index 0a64bf1cee..092a2b0525 100644
--- a/compat/strcasecmp.c
+++ b/compat/strcasecmp.c
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
 
 int strcasecmp (const char *s1, const char *s2)
 {
-#ifdef HAVE_STRICMP
-    return stricmp (s1, s2);
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    return _stricmp (s1, s2);
 #else
     for (size_t i = 0;; i++)
     {
diff --git a/config.h.meson b/config.h.meson
index 8ad4394f9f..602fb0a84e 100644
--- a/config.h.meson
+++ b/config.h.meson
@@ -464,9 +464,6 @@
 /* Define to 1 if you have the `strdup' function. */
 #mesondefine HAVE_STRDUP
 
-/* Define to 1 if you have the `stricmp' function. */
-#mesondefine HAVE_STRICMP
-
 /* Define to 1 if you have the `strlcpy' function. */
 #mesondefine HAVE_STRLCPY
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c4e077eb88..514fdf917d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@ dnl Check for system libs needed
 need_libc=false
 
 dnl Check for usual libc functions
-AC_CHECK_FUNCS([accept4 dup3 fcntl flock fstatat fstatvfs fork getmntent_r getenv getpwuid_r isatty memalign mkostemp mmap open_memstream newlocale pipe2 posix_fadvise setlocale stricmp uselocale wordexp])
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS([accept4 dup3 fcntl flock fstatat fstatvfs fork getmntent_r getenv getpwuid_r isatty memalign mkostemp mmap open_memstream newlocale pipe2 posix_fadvise setlocale uselocale wordexp])
 AC_REPLACE_FUNCS([aligned_alloc asprintf atof atoll dirfd fdopendir flockfile fsync getdelim getpid gmtime_r lfind lldiv localtime_r memrchr nrand48 poll posix_memalign readv recvmsg rewind sendmsg setenv strcasecmp strcasestr strdup strlcpy strndup strnlen strnstr strsep strtof strtok_r strtoll swab tdestroy tfind timegm timespec_get strverscmp vasprintf writev])
 AC_REPLACE_FUNCS([gettimeofday])
 AC_CHECK_FUNC(fdatasync,,
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 9969a2c533..8bf97a2671 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -558,7 +558,6 @@ check_functions = [
     ['open_memstream',   '#include <stdio.h>'],
     ['pipe2',            '#include <unistd.h>'],
     ['posix_fadvise',    '#include <fcntl.h>'],
-    ['stricmp',          '#include <string.h>'],
     ['strcoll',          '#include <string.h>'],
     ['wordexp',          '#include <wordexp.h>'],
 
diff --git a/modules/audio_output/waveout.c b/modules/audio_output/waveout.c
index c6c0e6c80b..f5e132025a 100644
--- a/modules/audio_output/waveout.c
+++ b/modules/audio_output/waveout.c
@@ -753,7 +753,7 @@ static uint32_t findDeviceID(char *psz_device_name)
         _snwprintf( dev_name, MAXPNAMELEN + 32, device_name_fmt,
                   caps.szPname, caps.wMid, caps.wPid );
         char *u8 = FromWide(dev_name);
-        if( !stricmp(u8, psz_device_name) )
+        if( !_stricmp(u8, psz_device_name) )
         {
             free( u8 );
             return i;