diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a4a23474c8..11b4abde5e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -710,6 +710,9 @@ case $host in
      fi
 
      CORE_CPPFLAGS="$CORE_CPPFLAGS -D_MT -DWIN32 -D_WINDOWS -D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0601 -D_WIN32_IE=0x0501 -DWIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN"
+     dnl Prevent the definition of min/max macros.
+     dnl We always want to use the standard library.
+     CORE_CPPFLAGS="$CORE_CPPFLAGS -DNOMINMAX"
 
      dnl libtool insists upon adding -nostdlib and a list of objects/libs to link against.
      dnl That breaks our ability to build dll's with static libgcc/libstdc++/libssp. Override
diff --git a/src/compat.h b/src/compat.h
index f41c501c84..0a44b98b4e 100644
--- a/src/compat.h
+++ b/src/compat.h
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@
 #endif
 
 #ifdef WIN32
-#ifndef NOMINMAX
-#define NOMINMAX
-#endif
 #ifdef FD_SETSIZE
 #undef FD_SETSIZE // prevent redefinition compiler warning
 #endif
diff --git a/src/fs.cpp b/src/fs.cpp
index b61115bf01..74b167e313 100644
--- a/src/fs.cpp
+++ b/src/fs.cpp
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@
 #include <sys/utsname.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #else
-#ifndef NOMINMAX
-#define NOMINMAX
-#endif
 #include <codecvt>
 #include <limits>
 #include <windows.h>
diff --git a/src/qt/guiutil.cpp b/src/qt/guiutil.cpp
index e3c6d8a624..186ed4f644 100644
--- a/src/qt/guiutil.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/guiutil.cpp
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@
 #include <util/time.h>
 
 #ifdef WIN32
-#ifndef NOMINMAX
-#define NOMINMAX
-#endif
 #include <shellapi.h>
 #include <shlobj.h>
 #include <shlwapi.h>
diff --git a/src/support/lockedpool.cpp b/src/support/lockedpool.cpp
index b7ef479675..e48accf0a4 100644
--- a/src/support/lockedpool.cpp
+++ b/src/support/lockedpool.cpp
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@
 #endif
 
 #ifdef WIN32
-#ifndef NOMINMAX
-#define NOMINMAX
-#endif
 #include <windows.h>
 #else
 #include <sys/mman.h> // for mmap
diff --git a/src/util/system.cpp b/src/util/system.cpp
index 6e2638a5d6..1ae82fbc96 100644
--- a/src/util/system.cpp
+++ b/src/util/system.cpp
@@ -62,9 +62,6 @@
 #pragma warning(disable:4717)
 #endif
 
-#ifndef NOMINMAX
-#define NOMINMAX
-#endif
 #include <codecvt>
 
 #include <io.h> /* for _commit */