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index e7f28fb96..48e06e448 100644
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diff --git a/projects/VS2017/examples/core_basic_window_cpp.vcxproj b/projects/VS2017/examples/core_basic_window_cpp.vcxproj
index 0467ee225..39a2aee77 100644
--- a/projects/VS2017/examples/core_basic_window_cpp.vcxproj
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@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
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diff --git a/src/external/dirent.h b/src/external/dirent.h
index 70973fb2a..a955253e0 100644
--- a/src/external/dirent.h
+++ b/src/external/dirent.h
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ void          rewinddir(DIR *);
 
 */
 
-#include <dirent.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <io.h>         /* _findfirst and _findnext set errno iff they return -1 */
 #include <stdlib.h>