diff --git a/framework/apocresources/apocfont.cpp b/framework/apocresources/apocfont.cpp
index 2a0622a21..54e057b79 100644
--- a/framework/apocresources/apocfont.cpp
+++ b/framework/apocresources/apocfont.cpp
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@
 #include "framework/trace.h"
 #include "library/sp.h"
 
-// Disable automatic #pragma linking for boost - only enabled in msvc and that should provide boost
-// symbols as part of the module that uses it
-#define BOOST_ALL_NO_LIB
 #include <boost/locale.hpp>
 
 namespace OpenApoc
diff --git a/framework/configfile.cpp b/framework/configfile.cpp
index 521aab88c..97a9a5436 100644
--- a/framework/configfile.cpp
+++ b/framework/configfile.cpp
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <variant>
 
-// Disable automatic #pragma linking for boost - only enabled in msvc and that should provide boost
-// symbols as part of the module that uses it
-#define BOOST_ALL_NO_LIB
 #include <boost/program_options.hpp>
 
 namespace po = boost::program_options;
diff --git a/framework/framework.cpp b/framework/framework.cpp
index 364c35093..6432139c5 100644
--- a/framework/framework.cpp
+++ b/framework/framework.cpp
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@
 #include <physfs.h>
 
 // Boost locale for setting the system locale
-// Disable automatic #pragma linking for boost - only enabled in msvc and that should provide boost
-// symbols as part of the module that uses it
-#define BOOST_ALL_NO_LIB
 #include <boost/locale.hpp>
 
 using namespace OpenApoc;
diff --git a/framework/logger.cpp b/framework/logger.cpp
index b5dacd7f4..6be34590d 100644
--- a/framework/logger.cpp
+++ b/framework/logger.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-#ifdef _WIN32 // Seems to be set even on win64?
+#ifdef _WIN32
 #define BACKTRACE_WINDOWS
 #define _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS
-#define ERROR_DIALOG
 #endif
 
 #include "framework/logger.h"
diff --git a/framework/serialization/providers/providerwithchecksum.cpp b/framework/serialization/providers/providerwithchecksum.cpp
index 3c3eb98a5..68eb7d9fe 100644
--- a/framework/serialization/providers/providerwithchecksum.cpp
+++ b/framework/serialization/providers/providerwithchecksum.cpp
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@
 
 #include "dependencies/pugixml/src/pugixml.hpp"
 
-// Disable automatic #pragma linking for boost - only enabled in msvc and that should provide boost
-// symbols as part of the module that uses it
-#define BOOST_ALL_NO_LIB
 #include <boost/crc.hpp>
 #include <boost/version.hpp>
 #if BOOST_VERSION >= 106600
diff --git a/game/state/gametime.cpp b/game/state/gametime.cpp
index 21eb19c64..be1ef8b62 100644
--- a/game/state/gametime.cpp
+++ b/game/state/gametime.cpp
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@
 #include <locale>
 #include <sstream>
 
-// Disable automatic #pragma linking for boost - only enabled in msvc and that should provide boost
-// symbols as part of the module that uses it
-#define BOOST_ALL_NO_LIB
 #include <boost/date_time.hpp>
 
 // for my sake
diff --git a/game/state/gametime_facet.h b/game/state/gametime_facet.h
index 6d491cac4..ccd855a09 100644
--- a/game/state/gametime_facet.h
+++ b/game/state/gametime_facet.h
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 #pragma once
 
-// Disable automatic #pragma linking for boost - only enabled in msvc and that should provide boost
-// symbols as part of the module that uses it
-#define BOOST_ALL_NO_LIB
 #include <boost/date_time.hpp>
 #include <boost/date_time/date_facet.hpp>
 
diff --git a/game/state/savemanager.cpp b/game/state/savemanager.cpp
index 09ba58ae8..7fb2f517b 100644
--- a/game/state/savemanager.cpp
+++ b/game/state/savemanager.cpp
@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <sstream>
 
-// Disable automatic #pragma linking for boost - only enabled in msvc and that should provide boost
-// symbols as part of the module that uses it
-#define BOOST_ALL_NO_LIB
-
 // boost uuid for generating temporary identifier for new save
 #include <boost/uuid/uuid_generators.hpp> // generators
 #include <boost/uuid/uuid_io.hpp>         // conversion to string
diff --git a/library/strings.cpp b/library/strings.cpp
index 310ac672f..534e8cede 100644
--- a/library/strings.cpp
+++ b/library/strings.cpp
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@
 #include "library/strings_format.h"
 #include <cctype>
 #include <tuple> // used for std::ignore
-// Disable automatic #pragma linking for boost - only enabled in msvc and that should provide boost
-// symbols as part of the module that uses it
-#define BOOST_ALL_NO_LIB
+
 #include <boost/algorithm/string/predicate.hpp>
 #include <boost/locale/message.hpp>
 
diff --git a/tools/code_generators/serialization_xml.h b/tools/code_generators/serialization_xml.h
index 79ac6b4f4..510502f77 100644
--- a/tools/code_generators/serialization_xml.h
+++ b/tools/code_generators/serialization_xml.h
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 #include <list>
 #include <vector>
 
-#define BOOST_ALL_NO_LIB
 #include <boost/program_options.hpp>
 #include <boost/version.hpp>
 #if BOOST_VERSION >= 106600