diff --git a/scripts/config-vs-debug-x64.mk b/scripts/config-vs-debug-x64.mk
index 8bf6e6fb1..73089334a 100644
--- a/scripts/config-vs-debug-x64.mk
+++ b/scripts/config-vs-debug-x64.mk
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 CXX=cl
-CXXFLAGS=/c /ZI /nologo /W3 /WX- /Od /Oy- /D WIN32 /D _AMD64_ /D _DEBUG /D Z3DEBUG /D _CONSOLE /D _TRACE /D _WINDOWS /Gm /EHsc /RTC1 /MDd /GS /fp:precise /Zc:wchar_t /Zc:forScope /openmp /Gd /analyze- 
+CXXFLAGS=/c /Zi /nologo /W3 /WX- /Od /Oy- /D WIN32 /D _AMD64_ /D _DEBUG /D Z3DEBUG /D _CONSOLE /D _TRACE /D _WINDOWS /Gm /EHsc /RTC1 /MDd /GS /fp:precise /Zc:wchar_t /Zc:forScope /openmp /Gd /analyze- 
 CXX_OUT_FLAG=/Fo
 OBJ_EXT=.obj
 LIB_EXT=.lib
diff --git a/scripts/config-vs-release-x64.mk b/scripts/config-vs-release-x64.mk
index 37cb55420..9d16d5c67 100644
--- a/scripts/config-vs-release-x64.mk
+++ b/scripts/config-vs-release-x64.mk
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 CXX=cl
-CXXFLAGS=/c /Zi /nologo /W3 /WX- /O2 /D WIN32 /D NDEBUG /D _LIB /D _WINDOWS /D _AMD64_ /D _UNICODE /D UNICODE /Gm- /EHsc /MD /GS /fp:precise /Zc:wchar_t /Zc:forScope /Gd /TP
+CXXFLAGS=/c /Zi /nologo /W3 /WX- /O2 /D _EXTERNAL_RELEASE /D WIN32 /D NDEBUG /D _LIB /D _WINDOWS /D _AMD64_ /D _UNICODE /D UNICODE /Gm- /EHsc /MD /GS /fp:precise /Zc:wchar_t /Zc:forScope /Gd /TP 
 CXX_OUT_FLAG=/Fo
 OBJ_EXT=.obj
 LIB_EXT=.lib
diff --git a/scripts/config-vs-release.mk b/scripts/config-vs-release.mk
index 9fd30b050..73d9ec8d8 100644
--- a/scripts/config-vs-release.mk
+++ b/scripts/config-vs-release.mk
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 CXX=cl
-CXXFLAGS=/nologo /c /W3 /WX- /O2 /Oy- /D WIN32 /D NDEBUG /D _CONSOLE /D _WINDOWS /D ASYNC_COMMANDS /Gm- /EHsc /GS /fp:precise /Zc:wchar_t /Zc:forScope /openmp /Gd /analyze- /arch:SSE2
+CXXFLAGS=/nologo /c /W3 /WX- /O2 /Oy- /D _EXTERNAL_RELEASE /D WIN32 /D NDEBUG /D _CONSOLE /D _WINDOWS /D ASYNC_COMMANDS /Gm- /EHsc /GS /fp:precise /Zc:wchar_t /Zc:forScope /openmp /Gd /analyze- /arch:SSE2
 CXX_OUT_FLAG=/Fo
 OBJ_EXT=.obj
 LIB_EXT=.lib