diff --git a/rviz_common/src/rviz_common/yaml_config_reader.cpp b/rviz_common/src/rviz_common/yaml_config_reader.cpp
index 7c3d823a9..f9d8b931d 100644
--- a/rviz_common/src/rviz_common/yaml_config_reader.cpp
+++ b/rviz_common/src/rviz_common/yaml_config_reader.cpp
@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@
 #define RVIZ_HAVE_YAMLCPP_05 1
 
 #ifdef RVIZ_HAVE_YAMLCPP_05
-#ifdef _WIN32
-#define YAML_CPP_DLL
-#endif
 #include <yaml-cpp/yaml.h>
 #else
 #include <yaml-cpp/node.h>
diff --git a/rviz_common/src/rviz_common/yaml_config_writer.cpp b/rviz_common/src/rviz_common/yaml_config_writer.cpp
index d8069deda..760c67155 100644
--- a/rviz_common/src/rviz_common/yaml_config_writer.cpp
+++ b/rviz_common/src/rviz_common/yaml_config_writer.cpp
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@
 
 #include <fstream>
 
-#ifdef _WIN32
-#define YAML_CPP_DLL
-#endif
 #include "yaml-cpp/emitter.h"
 
 namespace rviz_common