diff --git a/reactos/dll/win32/objsel/objsel.c b/reactos/dll/win32/objsel/objsel.c
index 8965bd09c64..e99aaefbee4 100644
--- a/reactos/dll/win32/objsel/objsel.c
+++ b/reactos/dll/win32/objsel/objsel.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 WINE_DEFAULT_DEBUG_CHANNEL(objsel);
 
 LONG dll_refs = 0;
-HINSTANCE hInstance;
+static HINSTANCE hInstance;
 
 /***********************************************************************
  *		DllEntryPoint
diff --git a/reactos/dll/win32/objsel/objsel_private.h b/reactos/dll/win32/objsel/objsel_private.h
index a4fe00c53a4..8c9a3c85ae4 100644
--- a/reactos/dll/win32/objsel/objsel_private.h
+++ b/reactos/dll/win32/objsel/objsel_private.h
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 #include "winuser.h"
 
 #define COBJMACROS
-#define COM_NO_WINDOWS_H
 
 #include "ole2.h"
 #include "strmif.h"