diff --git a/src/api/baseapi.cpp b/src/api/baseapi.cpp
index 9dcfcd10..d5a44b2c 100644
--- a/src/api/baseapi.cpp
+++ b/src/api/baseapi.cpp
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@
 #endif
 
 #if defined(_WIN32)
-#if defined(__MINGW32__)
-// workaround for stdlib.h with -std=c++11 for _splitpath and _MAX_FNAME
-#undef __STRICT_ANSI__
-#endif  // __MINGW32__
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <io.h>
 #else