diff --git a/src/lib/common/stdistream.h b/src/lib/common/stdistream.h
index 5cded0249..f983cd1a5 100644
--- a/src/lib/common/stdistream.h
+++ b/src/lib/common/stdistream.h
@@ -26,31 +26,3 @@
 #endif
 
 #include "stdpost.h"
-
-#if defined(_MSC_VER) && _MSC_VER <= 1200
-// VC++6 istream has no overloads for __int* types, .NET does
-inline std::istream &operator>>(std::istream &s, SInt8 &i)
-{
-  return s >> (signed char &)i;
-}
-inline std::istream &operator>>(std::istream &s, SInt16 &i)
-{
-  return s >> (short &)i;
-}
-inline std::istream &operator>>(std::istream &s, SInt32 &i)
-{
-  return s >> (int &)i;
-}
-inline std::istream &operator>>(std::istream &s, UInt8 &i)
-{
-  return s >> (unsigned char &)i;
-}
-inline std::istream &operator>>(std::istream &s, UInt16 &i)
-{
-  return s >> (unsigned short &)i;
-}
-inline std::istream &operator>>(std::istream &s, UInt32 &i)
-{
-  return s >> (unsigned int &)i;
-}
-#endif
diff --git a/src/lib/platform/dfwhook.h b/src/lib/platform/dfwhook.h
index 8822663ae..4bb64923b 100644
--- a/src/lib/platform/dfwhook.h
+++ b/src/lib/platform/dfwhook.h
@@ -18,14 +18,6 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-// hack: vs2005 doesn't declare _WIN32_WINNT, so we need to hard code it.
-// however, some say that this should be hard coded since it defines the
-// target system, but since this is suposed to compile on pre-XP, maybe
-// we should just leave it like this.
-#if _MSC_VER == 1400
-#define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0400
-#endif
-
 #include "base/EventTypes.h"
 
 #define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN