diff --git a/src/common/common.vcxproj b/src/common/common.vcxproj
index 504d7723ab..6b1e73e94f 100644
--- a/src/common/common.vcxproj
+++ b/src/common/common.vcxproj
@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
     </Link>
     <Lib>
-      <AdditionalDependencies>shlwapi.lib;shcore.lib</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>
+      </AdditionalDependencies>
     </Lib>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(CIBuild)'!='true'">
@@ -113,7 +114,8 @@
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
     </Link>
     <Lib>
-      <AdditionalDependencies>shlwapi.lib;shcore.lib</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>
+      </AdditionalDependencies>
     </Lib>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/common/dpi_aware.h b/src/common/dpi_aware.h
index 979d6015b9..341531c433 100644
--- a/src/common/dpi_aware.h
+++ b/src/common/dpi_aware.h
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #pragma once
 #include "windef.h"
 
+#pragma comment(lib, "shcore.lib")
+
 namespace DPIAware
 {
     constexpr inline int DEFAULT_DPI = 96;