diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 3843e92..de07ded 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ elif host_system == 'linux'
   os_deps += [dependency('threads')]
   have_posix = true
 elif host_system == 'windows'
-  platform_cflags += ['-DWEBRTC_WIN', '-D_WIN32', '-U__STRICT_ANSI__']
+  platform_cflags += ['-DWEBRTC_WIN', '-D_WIN32']
   # this one is for MinGW to get format specifiers from inttypes.h in C++
   platform_cflags += ['-D__STDC_FORMAT_MACROS=1']
   # Avoid min/max from windows.h which breaks std::min/max