diff --git a/chatterino.pro b/chatterino.pro
index 983b41fb..f6ba4c88 100644
--- a/chatterino.pro
+++ b/chatterino.pro
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ TEMPLATE = app
 DEFINES += QT_DEPRECATED_WARNINGS
 DEFINES += IRC_NAMESPACE=Communi
 
+# do not use windows min/max macros
+win32 {
+    DEFINES += NOMINMAX
+}
+
 #DEFINES += QT_DISABLE_DEPRECATED_BEFORE=0x060000    # disables all the APIs deprecated before Qt 6.0.0
 
 SOURCES += main.cpp\
diff --git a/platform/borderless/winnativewindow.h b/platform/borderless/winnativewindow.h
index 3600a881..accb9750 100644
--- a/platform/borderless/winnativewindow.h
+++ b/platform/borderless/winnativewindow.h
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #ifndef WINNATIVEWINDOW_H
 #define WINNATIVEWINDOW_H
 
-#define NOMINMAX
 #include "Windows.h"
 #include "Windowsx.h"
 
diff --git a/widgets/mainwindow.cpp b/widgets/mainwindow.cpp
index 3e003b0d..1a506116 100644
--- a/widgets/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/widgets/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 #include <boost/foreach.hpp>
 
 #ifdef USEWINSDK
-#define NOMINMAX
 #include "Windows.h"
 #endif