diff --git a/builds/msvc/properties/Release.props b/builds/msvc/properties/Release.props
index 1c5415bc..296dbfe3 100644
--- a/builds/msvc/properties/Release.props
+++ b/builds/msvc/properties/Release.props
@@ -20,10 +20,8 @@
       <InlineFunctionExpansion>OnlyExplicitInline</InlineFunctionExpansion>
       <MinimalRebuild>false</MinimalRebuild>
       <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
     </ClCompile>
     <ResourceCompile>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
     </ResourceCompile>
     <Link>
       <EnableCOMDATFolding>true</EnableCOMDATFolding>
@@ -38,4 +36,4 @@
     </ClCompile>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
 
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Project>