diff --git a/MSVCardour3/Ardour3.vcproj b/MSVCardour3/Ardour3.vcproj
index 4592b0e8cc..31149abe92 100644
--- a/MSVCardour3/Ardour3.vcproj
+++ b/MSVCardour3/Ardour3.vcproj
@@ -1247,10 +1247,6 @@
RelativePath="..\gtk2_ardour\visibility_group.cc"
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@@ -2281,10 +2277,6 @@
RelativePath="..\gtk2_ardour\visibility_group.h"
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diff --git a/libs/gtkmm2ext/MSVCgtkmm2ext/gtkmm2ext.vcproj b/libs/gtkmm2ext/MSVCgtkmm2ext/gtkmm2ext.vcproj
index 0fe12e1304..f86add864d 100644
--- a/libs/gtkmm2ext/MSVCgtkmm2ext/gtkmm2ext.vcproj
+++ b/libs/gtkmm2ext/MSVCgtkmm2ext/gtkmm2ext.vcproj
@@ -377,10 +377,6 @@
RelativePath="..\keyboard.cc"
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@@ -401,10 +397,6 @@
RelativePath="..\popup.cc"
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@@ -595,10 +587,6 @@
RelativePath="..\gtkmm2ext\keyboard.h"
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@@ -615,10 +603,6 @@
RelativePath="..\gtkmm2ext\popup.h"
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