diff --git a/src/lib/common/common.h b/src/lib/common/common.h
index 7237eeb6..ed2f7766 100644
--- a/src/lib/common/common.h
+++ b/src/lib/common/common.h
@@ -89,29 +89,6 @@
 #    endif
 #endif
 
-// VC++ specific
-#if (_MSC_VER >= 1200)
-    // work around for statement scoping bug
-#    define for if (false) { } else for
-
-    // turn off bonehead warnings
-#    pragma warning(disable: 4786) // identifier truncated in debug info
-#    pragma warning(disable: 4514) // unreferenced inline function removed
-
-    // this one's a little too aggressive
-#    pragma warning(disable: 4127) // conditional expression is constant
-
-    // Code Analysis
-#    pragma warning(disable: 6011)
-
-
-    // emitted incorrectly under release build in some circumstances
-#    if defined(NDEBUG)
-#        pragma warning(disable: 4702) // unreachable code
-#        pragma warning(disable: 4701) // variable maybe used uninitialized
-#    endif
-#endif // (_MSC_VER >= 1200)
-
 // VC++ has built-in sized types
 #if defined(_MSC_VER)
 #    include <wchar.h>