diff --git a/reactos/base/applications/wordpad/wordpad.rbuild b/reactos/base/applications/wordpad/wordpad.rbuild
index 586227095c7..0097fba956a 100644
--- a/reactos/base/applications/wordpad/wordpad.rbuild
+++ b/reactos/base/applications/wordpad/wordpad.rbuild
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 <!DOCTYPE module SYSTEM "../../../tools/rbuild/project.dtd">
 <module name="wordpad" type="win32gui" installbase="system32" installname="wordpad.exe" allowwarnings="true">
 	<include base="wordpad">.</include>
-	<define name="UNICODE" />
-	<define name="_UNICODE" />
 	<define name="_WIN32_IE">0x0600</define>
 	<define name="_WIN32_WINNT">0x0501</define>
 	<library>comdlg32</library>