diff --git a/source/blender/windowmanager/intern/wm_operators.c b/source/blender/windowmanager/intern/wm_operators.c
index e88478a77c9..4a0aaecfbf9 100644
--- a/source/blender/windowmanager/intern/wm_operators.c
+++ b/source/blender/windowmanager/intern/wm_operators.c
@@ -34,8 +34,7 @@
 #include <assert.h>
 
 #ifdef WIN32
-// XXX: winstuff commented out, as was getting  "io.h(322) : error C3163: '_write': attribute..." from MSVC - Aligorith 2010Nov12
-//#include "BLI_winstuff.h"
+#include "BLI_winstuff.h"
 #include <windows.h>  
 
 #include <io.h>