diff --git a/reactos/base/services/services.rbuild b/reactos/base/services/services.rbuild
index 114776f2676..e99db88c80f 100644
--- a/reactos/base/services/services.rbuild
+++ b/reactos/base/services/services.rbuild
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
 	<directory name="rpcss">
 		<xi:include href="rpcss/rpcss.rbuild" />
 	</directory>
+	<directory name="svchost">
+		<xi:include href="svchost/svchost.rbuild" />
+	</directory>
 	<directory name="tcpsvcs">
 		<xi:include href="tcpsvcs/tcpsvcs.rbuild" />
 	</directory>
diff --git a/reactos/base/services/svchost/svchost.c b/reactos/base/services/svchost/svchost.c
index 2e9276baae6..3390aa666ec 100644
--- a/reactos/base/services/svchost/svchost.c
+++ b/reactos/base/services/svchost/svchost.c
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 /* INCLUDES ******************************************************************/
 
 #include "svchost.h"
+
+#define NDEBUG
 #include <debug.h>
 
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
diff --git a/reactos/base/services/svchost/svchost.rbuild b/reactos/base/services/svchost/svchost.rbuild
index 232293e1a73..31517473fde 100644
--- a/reactos/base/services/svchost/svchost.rbuild
+++ b/reactos/base/services/svchost/svchost.rbuild
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 <!DOCTYPE module SYSTEM "../../../tools/rbuild/project.dtd">
 <module name="svchost" type="win32cui" installbase="system32" installname="svchost.exe">
 	<include base="svchost">.</include>
-	<define name="__USE_W32API" />
 	<library>kernel32</library>
 	<library>advapi32</library>
 	<file>svchost.c</file>