diff --git a/ports/windows/msvc/common.props b/ports/windows/msvc/common.props
index 7700d9f094..d949e3df45 100644
--- a/ports/windows/msvc/common.props
+++ b/ports/windows/msvc/common.props
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
standard
build-$(PyVariant)
+ micropython
diff --git a/ports/windows/variants/dev/mpconfigvariant.props b/ports/windows/variants/dev/mpconfigvariant.props
index 0f7abf7815..14ce01a816 100644
--- a/ports/windows/variants/dev/mpconfigvariant.props
+++ b/ports/windows/variants/dev/mpconfigvariant.props
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
-
- micropython-dev
-
%(PreprocessorDefinitions);MICROPY_ROM_TEXT_COMPRESSION=1
diff --git a/ports/windows/variants/standard/mpconfigvariant.props b/ports/windows/variants/standard/mpconfigvariant.props
index 3cbb1821f4..9296da44bc 100644
--- a/ports/windows/variants/standard/mpconfigvariant.props
+++ b/ports/windows/variants/standard/mpconfigvariant.props
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-
- micropython
-