diff --git a/include/IrrCompileConfig.h b/include/IrrCompileConfig.h
index bd2c79ae..9d6ed66d 100644
--- a/include/IrrCompileConfig.h
+++ b/include/IrrCompileConfig.h
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 //! WIN32 for Windows32
 //! WIN64 for Windows64
 // The windows platform and API support SDL and WINDOW device
-#if defined(_WIN32) || defined(_WIN64) || defined(WIN32) || defined(WIN64)
+#if defined(_WIN32) || defined(_WIN64)
 #define _IRR_WINDOWS_
 #define _IRR_WINDOWS_API_
 #ifndef _IRR_COMPILE_WITH_SDL_DEVICE_
@@ -69,14 +69,7 @@
 #endif
 #endif
 
-#if defined(_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER < 1500)
-#  error "Only Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0 and later are supported."
-#endif
-
-#if defined(__APPLE__) || defined(MACOSX)
-#if !defined(MACOSX)
-#define MACOSX // legacy support
-#endif
+#if defined(__APPLE__)
 #if defined(__ENVIRONMENT_IPHONE_OS_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED__) || defined(__IPHONE_OS_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED)
 #define _IRR_IOS_PLATFORM_
 #define _IRR_COMPILE_WITH_IOS_DEVICE_
@@ -181,10 +174,6 @@ If not defined, Windows Multimedia library is used, which offers also broad supp
 #ifdef NO_IRR_COMPILE_WITH_DIRECTINPUT_JOYSTICK_
 #undef _IRR_COMPILE_WITH_DIRECTINPUT_JOYSTICK_
 #endif
-// can't get this to compile currently under borland, can be removed if someone has a better solution
-#if defined(__BORLANDC__)
-#undef _IRR_COMPILE_WITH_DIRECTINPUT_JOYSTICK_
-#endif
 
 #endif
 
@@ -460,7 +449,7 @@ ones. */
 #else // _IRR_WINDOWS_API_
 
 // Force symbol export in shared libraries built with gcc.
-#if (__GNUC__ >= 4) && !defined(_IRR_STATIC_LIB_) && defined(IRRLICHT_EXPORTS)
+#if defined(__GNUC__) && !defined(_IRR_STATIC_LIB_) && defined(IRRLICHT_EXPORTS)
 #define IRRLICHT_API __attribute__ ((visibility("default")))
 #else
 #define IRRLICHT_API
@@ -480,22 +469,6 @@ ones. */
 #undef __IRR_HAS_S64
 #endif
 
-#if defined(__BORLANDC__)
-	#include <tchar.h>
-
-	// Borland 5.5.1
-	#if __BORLANDC__ == 0x551
-		#undef _tfinddata_t
-		#undef _tfindfirst
-		#undef _tfindnext
-
-		#define _tfinddata_t __tfinddata_t
-		#define _tfindfirst  __tfindfirst
-		#define _tfindnext   __tfindnext
-		typedef long intptr_t;
-	#endif
-#endif
-
 #ifndef __has_feature
   #define __has_feature(x) 0  // Compatibility with non-clang compilers.
 #endif
diff --git a/include/irrAllocator.h b/include/irrAllocator.h
index c7450ed7..ff6624b8 100644
--- a/include/irrAllocator.h
+++ b/include/irrAllocator.h
@@ -15,11 +15,6 @@ namespace irr
 namespace core
 {
 
-#ifdef DEBUG_CLIENTBLOCK
-#undef DEBUG_CLIENTBLOCK
-#define DEBUG_CLIENTBLOCK new
-#endif
-
 //! Very simple allocator implementation, containers using it can be used across dll boundaries
 template<typename T>
 class irrAllocator
@@ -102,12 +97,6 @@ public:
 };
 
 
-
-#ifdef DEBUG_CLIENTBLOCK
-#undef DEBUG_CLIENTBLOCK
-#define DEBUG_CLIENTBLOCK new( _CLIENT_BLOCK, __FILE__, __LINE__)
-#endif
-
 //! defines an allocation strategy (used only by irr::array so far)
 enum eAllocStrategy
 {
diff --git a/include/irrTypes.h b/include/irrTypes.h
index e3561cfb..f73e0a97 100644
--- a/include/irrTypes.h
+++ b/include/irrTypes.h
@@ -61,22 +61,17 @@ typedef double				f64;
 
 
 #include <wchar.h>
-#ifdef _IRR_WINDOWS_API_
 //! Defines for s{w,n}printf_irr because s{w,n}printf methods do not match the ISO C
 //! standard on Windows platforms.
 //! We want int snprintf_irr(char *str, size_t size, const char *format, ...);
 //! and int swprintf_irr(wchar_t *wcs, size_t maxlen, const wchar_t *format, ...);
-#if defined(_MSC_VER) && _MSC_VER > 1310 && !defined (_WIN32_WCE)
+#if defined(_MSC_VER)
 #define swprintf_irr swprintf_s
 #define snprintf_irr sprintf_s
-#elif !defined(__CYGWIN__)
-#define swprintf_irr _snwprintf
-#define snprintf_irr _snprintf
-#endif
 #else
 #define swprintf_irr swprintf
 #define snprintf_irr snprintf
-#endif // _IRR_WINDOWS_API_
+#endif // _MSC_VER
 
 namespace irr
 {
@@ -89,15 +84,11 @@ namespace irr
 
 //! define a break macro for debugging.
 #if defined(_DEBUG)
-#if defined(_IRR_WINDOWS_API_) && defined(_MSC_VER) && !defined (_WIN32_WCE)
-#if defined(WIN64) || defined(_WIN64) // using portable common solution for x64 configuration
+#if defined(_IRR_WINDOWS_API_) && defined(_MSC_VER)
 	#include <crtdbg.h>
 	#define _IRR_DEBUG_BREAK_IF( _CONDITION_ ) if (_CONDITION_) {_CrtDbgBreak();}
 #else
-	#define _IRR_DEBUG_BREAK_IF( _CONDITION_ ) if (_CONDITION_) {_asm int 3}
-#endif
-#else
-	#include "assert.h"
+	#include <assert.h>
 	#define _IRR_DEBUG_BREAK_IF( _CONDITION_ ) assert( !(_CONDITION_) );
 #endif
 #else
@@ -113,9 +104,9 @@ For functions:		template<class T> _IRR_DEPRECATED_ void test4(void) {}
 **/
 #if defined(IGNORE_DEPRECATED_WARNING)
 #define _IRR_DEPRECATED_
-#elif _MSC_VER >= 1310 //vs 2003 or higher
+#elif defined(_MSC_VER)
 #define _IRR_DEPRECATED_ __declspec(deprecated)
-#elif (__GNUC__ > 3 || (__GNUC__ == 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 1)) // all versions above 3.0 should support this feature
+#elif defined(__GNUC__)
 #define _IRR_DEPRECATED_  __attribute__ ((deprecated))
 #else
 #define _IRR_DEPRECATED_
@@ -125,35 +116,7 @@ For functions:		template<class T> _IRR_DEPRECATED_ void test4(void) {}
 /** Usage in a derived class:
 virtual void somefunc() _IRR_OVERRIDE_;
 */
-#if ( ((__GNUC__ > 4 ) || ((__GNUC__ == 4 ) && (__GNUC_MINOR__ >= 7))) && (defined(__GXX_EXPERIMENTAL_CXX0X) || __cplusplus >= 201103L) )
 #define _IRR_OVERRIDE_ override
-#elif (_MSC_VER >= 1600 ) /* supported since MSVC 2010 */
-#define _IRR_OVERRIDE_ override
-#elif (__clang_major__ >= 3 && __has_feature(cxx_override_control))
-#define _IRR_OVERRIDE_ override
-#else
-#define _IRR_OVERRIDE_
-#endif
-
-// memory debugging
-#if defined(_DEBUG) && defined(IRRLICHT_EXPORTS) && defined(_MSC_VER) && \
-	(_MSC_VER > 1299) && !defined(_IRR_DONT_DO_MEMORY_DEBUGGING_HERE) && !defined(_WIN32_WCE)
-
-	#define CRTDBG_MAP_ALLOC
-	#define _CRTDBG_MAP_ALLOC
-	#define DEBUG_CLIENTBLOCK new( _CLIENT_BLOCK, __FILE__, __LINE__)
-	#include <stdlib.h>
-	#include <crtdbg.h>
-	#define new DEBUG_CLIENTBLOCK
-#endif
-
-//! ignore VC8 warning deprecated
-/** The Microsoft compiler */
-#if defined(_IRR_WINDOWS_API_) && defined(_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER >= 1400)
-	//#pragma warning( disable: 4996)
-	//#define _CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE 1
-	//#define _CRT_NONSTDC_NO_DEPRECATE 1
-#endif
 
 
 //! creates four CC codes used in Irrlicht for simple ids
diff --git a/include/irrpack.h b/include/irrpack.h
index ff922d06..6ee1113f 100644
--- a/include/irrpack.h
+++ b/include/irrpack.h
@@ -13,26 +13,13 @@
 // in between!
 
 // byte-align structures
-#if defined(_MSC_VER) || defined(__BORLANDC__) || defined (__BCPLUSPLUS__)
+#if defined(_MSC_VER)
 #	pragma warning(disable: 4103)
 #	pragma pack( push, packing )
 #	pragma pack( 1 )
 #	define PACK_STRUCT
-#elif defined( __DMC__ )
-#	pragma pack( push, 1 )
-#	define PACK_STRUCT
 #elif defined( __GNUC__ )
-	// Using pragma pack might work with earlier gcc versions already, but
-	// it started to be necessary with gcc 4.7 on mingw unless compiled with -mno-ms-bitfields.
-	// And I found some hints on the web that older gcc versions on the other hand had sometimes
-	// trouble with pragma pack while they worked with __attribute__((packed)).
-#	if (__GNUC__ > 4 ) || ((__GNUC__ == 4 ) && (__GNUC_MINOR__ >= 7))
-#		pragma pack( push, packing )
-#		pragma pack( 1 )
-#		define PACK_STRUCT
-#	else
-#		define PACK_STRUCT	__attribute__((packed))
-	#endif
+#	define PACK_STRUCT	__attribute__((packed))
 #else
 #	error compiler not supported
 #endif
diff --git a/include/irrunpack.h b/include/irrunpack.h
index ba478278..0863d7e2 100644
--- a/include/irrunpack.h
+++ b/include/irrunpack.h
@@ -6,14 +6,8 @@
 // file belongs to irrpack.h, see there for more info
 
 // Default alignment
-#if defined(_MSC_VER) || defined(__BORLANDC__) || defined (__BCPLUSPLUS__)
+#if defined(_MSC_VER)
 #	pragma pack( pop, packing )
-#elif defined (__DMC__)
-#	pragma pack( pop )
-#elif defined( __GNUC__ )
-#   if (__GNUC__ > 4 ) || ((__GNUC__ == 4 ) && (__GNUC_MINOR__ >= 7))
-#	    pragma pack( pop, packing )
-#   endif
 #endif
 
 #undef PACK_STRUCT
diff --git a/source/Irrlicht/CEGLManager.h b/source/Irrlicht/CEGLManager.h
index 58d7f299..06954f02 100755
--- a/source/Irrlicht/CEGLManager.h
+++ b/source/Irrlicht/CEGLManager.h
@@ -15,10 +15,6 @@
 #include "SExposedVideoData.h"
 #include "IContextManager.h"
 
-#ifdef _MSC_VER
-#pragma comment(lib, "libEGL.lib")
-#endif
-
 namespace irr
 {
 namespace video
diff --git a/source/Irrlicht/CFileSystem.cpp b/source/Irrlicht/CFileSystem.cpp
index 78603b89..e1d02484 100644
--- a/source/Irrlicht/CFileSystem.cpp
+++ b/source/Irrlicht/CFileSystem.cpp
@@ -23,11 +23,9 @@
 #endif
 
 #if defined (_IRR_WINDOWS_API_)
-	#if !defined ( _WIN32_WCE )
-		#include <direct.h> // for _chdir
-		#include <io.h> // for _access
-		#include <tchar.h>
-	#endif
+	#include <direct.h> // for _chdir
+	#include <io.h> // for _access
+	#include <tchar.h>
 #elif (defined(_IRR_POSIX_API_) || defined(_IRR_OSX_PLATFORM_) || defined(_IRR_IOS_PLATFORM_) || defined(_IRR_ANDROID_PLATFORM_))
 		#include <stdio.h>
 		#include <stdlib.h>
@@ -797,7 +795,6 @@ IFileList* CFileSystem::createFileList()
 		// --------------------------------------------
 		//! Windows version
 		#ifdef _IRR_WINDOWS_API_
-		#if !defined ( _WIN32_WCE )
 
 		r = new CFileList(Path, true, false);
 
@@ -819,12 +816,7 @@ IFileList* CFileSystem::createFileList()
 
 			_findclose( hFile );
 		}
-		#endif
 
-		//TODO add drives
-		//entry.Name = "E:\\";
-		//entry.isDirectory = true;
-		//Files.push_back(entry);
 		#endif
 
 		// --------------------------------------------
diff --git a/source/Irrlicht/CIrrDeviceConsole.h b/source/Irrlicht/CIrrDeviceConsole.h
index c4436a59..8967129a 100644
--- a/source/Irrlicht/CIrrDeviceConsole.h
+++ b/source/Irrlicht/CIrrDeviceConsole.h
@@ -18,9 +18,7 @@
 
 #ifdef _IRR_WINDOWS_API_
 #define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
-#if !defined(_IRR_XBOX_PLATFORM_)
-	#include <windows.h>
-#endif
+#include <windows.h>
 #define _IRR_WINDOWS_NT_CONSOLE_
 #else
 #include <time.h>
diff --git a/source/Irrlicht/CIrrDeviceWin32.cpp b/source/Irrlicht/CIrrDeviceWin32.cpp
index 4fedde21..0bb8c1f7 100644
--- a/source/Irrlicht/CIrrDeviceWin32.cpp
+++ b/source/Irrlicht/CIrrDeviceWin32.cpp
@@ -22,20 +22,13 @@
 #include "IGUISpriteBank.h"
 #include <winuser.h>
 #include "SExposedVideoData.h"
+
 #if defined(_IRR_COMPILE_WITH_JOYSTICK_EVENTS_)
 #include <mmsystem.h>
 #include <regstr.h>
 #ifdef _IRR_COMPILE_WITH_DIRECTINPUT_JOYSTICK_
 #define DIRECTINPUT_VERSION 0x0800
 #include <dinput.h>
-#ifdef _MSC_VER
-#pragma comment(lib, "dinput8.lib")
-#pragma comment(lib, "dxguid.lib")
-#endif
-#else
-#ifdef _MSC_VER
-#pragma comment(lib, "winmm.lib")
-#endif
 #endif
 #endif
 
diff --git a/source/Irrlicht/CIrrDeviceWin32.h b/source/Irrlicht/CIrrDeviceWin32.h
index 6f472262..02c42b7e 100644
--- a/source/Irrlicht/CIrrDeviceWin32.h
+++ b/source/Irrlicht/CIrrDeviceWin32.h
@@ -13,11 +13,9 @@
 #include "IImagePresenter.h"
 
 #define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
-#if !defined(_IRR_XBOX_PLATFORM_)
-	#include <windows.h>
-	#include <mmsystem.h> // For JOYCAPS
-	#include <windowsx.h>
-#endif
+#include <windows.h>
+#include <mmsystem.h> // For JOYCAPS
+#include <windowsx.h>
 #if !defined(GET_X_LPARAM)
 #define GET_X_LPARAM(lp) ((int)(short)LOWORD(lp))
 #define GET_Y_LPARAM(lp) ((int)(short)HIWORD(lp))
diff --git a/source/Irrlicht/CNullDriver.h b/source/Irrlicht/CNullDriver.h
index 90a80554..e95931f4 100644
--- a/source/Irrlicht/CNullDriver.h
+++ b/source/Irrlicht/CNullDriver.h
@@ -22,10 +22,6 @@
 #include "SLight.h"
 #include "SExposedVideoData.h"
 
-#ifdef _MSC_VER
-#pragma warning( disable: 4996)
-#endif
-
 namespace irr
 {
 namespace io
diff --git a/source/Irrlicht/COGLES2Driver.h b/source/Irrlicht/COGLES2Driver.h
index d51f11ec..b0d734a2 100644
--- a/source/Irrlicht/COGLES2Driver.h
+++ b/source/Irrlicht/COGLES2Driver.h
@@ -27,10 +27,6 @@
 #include <windows.h>
 #endif
 
-#ifdef _MSC_VER
-#pragma comment(lib, "libGLESv2.lib")
-#endif
-
 namespace irr
 {
 namespace video
diff --git a/source/Irrlicht/COGLESDriver.h b/source/Irrlicht/COGLESDriver.h
index 92dcd225..85e51566 100644
--- a/source/Irrlicht/COGLESDriver.h
+++ b/source/Irrlicht/COGLESDriver.h
@@ -26,10 +26,6 @@
 #include <windows.h>
 #endif
 
-#ifdef _MSC_VER
-#pragma comment(lib, "libGLES_CM.lib")
-#endif
-
 namespace irr
 {
 namespace video
diff --git a/source/Irrlicht/COSOperator.cpp b/source/Irrlicht/COSOperator.cpp
index 7824e677..a6f9461d 100644
--- a/source/Irrlicht/COSOperator.cpp
+++ b/source/Irrlicht/COSOperator.cpp
@@ -5,9 +5,7 @@
 #include "COSOperator.h"
 
 #ifdef _IRR_WINDOWS_API_
-#ifndef _IRR_XBOX_PLATFORM_
 #include <windows.h>
-#endif
 #else
 #include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
@@ -63,8 +61,7 @@ void COSOperator::copyToClipboard(const c8 *text) const
 		return;
 
 // Windows version
-#if defined(_IRR_XBOX_PLATFORM_)
-#elif defined(_IRR_WINDOWS_API_)
+#if defined(_IRR_WINDOWS_API_)
 	if (!OpenClipboard(NULL) || text == 0)
 		return;
 
@@ -101,8 +98,6 @@ void COSOperator::copyToClipboard(const c8 *text) const
 #elif defined(_IRR_COMPILE_WITH_X11_DEVICE_)
     if ( IrrDeviceLinux )
         IrrDeviceLinux->copyToClipboard(text);
-#else
-
 #endif
 }
 
@@ -111,9 +106,7 @@ void COSOperator::copyToClipboard(const c8 *text) const
 //! \return Returns 0 if no string is in there, otherwise an utf-8 string.
 const c8* COSOperator::getTextFromClipboard() const
 {
-#if defined(_IRR_XBOX_PLATFORM_)
-		return 0;
-#elif defined(_IRR_WINDOWS_API_)
+#if defined(_IRR_WINDOWS_API_)
 	if (!OpenClipboard(NULL))
 		return 0;
 
@@ -156,7 +149,7 @@ const c8* COSOperator::getTextFromClipboard() const
 
 bool COSOperator::getSystemMemory(u32* Total, u32* Avail) const
 {
-#if defined(_IRR_WINDOWS_API_) && !defined (_IRR_XBOX_PLATFORM_)
+#if defined(_IRR_WINDOWS_API_)
 
 	MEMORYSTATUSEX MemoryStatusEx;
  	MemoryStatusEx.dwLength = sizeof(MEMORYSTATUSEX);
diff --git a/source/Irrlicht/COpenGLCommon.h b/source/Irrlicht/COpenGLCommon.h
index 22a24b6d..6f7b790f 100644
--- a/source/Irrlicht/COpenGLCommon.h
+++ b/source/Irrlicht/COpenGLCommon.h
@@ -20,11 +20,6 @@
 		#include <GL/glext.h>
 	#endif
 	#include <GL/wglext.h>
-
-	#ifdef _MSC_VER
-		#pragma comment(lib, "OpenGL32.lib")
-	#endif
-
 #elif defined(_IRR_COMPILE_WITH_OSX_DEVICE_)
 	#if defined(_IRR_OPENGL_USE_EXTPOINTER_)
 		#define GL_GLEXT_LEGACY 1
diff --git a/source/Irrlicht/CWGLManager.cpp b/source/Irrlicht/CWGLManager.cpp
index 3d6e4f80..182c460c 100644
--- a/source/Irrlicht/CWGLManager.cpp
+++ b/source/Irrlicht/CWGLManager.cpp
@@ -11,10 +11,6 @@
 #include <GL/gl.h>
 #include <GL/wglext.h>
 
-#ifdef _MSC_VER
-	#pragma comment(lib, "OpenGL32.lib")
-#endif
-
 namespace irr
 {
 namespace video
diff --git a/source/Irrlicht/Irrlicht.cpp b/source/Irrlicht/Irrlicht.cpp
index 1e016510..6b77ceb9 100644
--- a/source/Irrlicht/Irrlicht.cpp
+++ b/source/Irrlicht/Irrlicht.cpp
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ static const char* const copyright = "Irrlicht Engine (c) 2002-2017 Nikolaus Geb
 
 #ifdef _IRR_WINDOWS_
 	#include <windows.h>
-	#if defined(_DEBUG) && !defined(__GNUWIN32__) && !defined(_WIN32_WCE)
+	#if defined(_DEBUG) && !defined(__GNUWIN32__)
 		#include <crtdbg.h>
 	#endif // _DEBUG
 #endif
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ BOOL APIENTRY DllMain( HANDLE hModule,
     switch (ul_reason_for_call)
 	{
 		case DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH:
-			#if defined(_DEBUG) && !defined(__GNUWIN32__) && !defined(__BORLANDC__) && !defined (_WIN32_WCE) && !defined (_IRR_XBOX_PLATFORM_)
+			#if defined(_DEBUG) && !defined(__GNUWIN32__)
 				_CrtSetDbgFlag(_CRTDBG_LEAK_CHECK_DF | _CRTDBG_ALLOC_MEM_DF);
 			#endif
 			break;
diff --git a/source/Irrlicht/SoftwareDriver2_compile_config.h b/source/Irrlicht/SoftwareDriver2_compile_config.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 8f468695..00000000
--- a/source/Irrlicht/SoftwareDriver2_compile_config.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (C) 2002-2012 Nikolaus Gebhardt / Thomas Alten
-// This file is part of the "Irrlicht Engine".
-// For conditions of distribution and use, see copyright notice in irrlicht.h
-
-#ifndef __S_VIDEO_2_SOFTWARE_COMPILE_CONFIG_H_INCLUDED__
-#define __S_VIDEO_2_SOFTWARE_COMPILE_CONFIG_H_INCLUDED__
-
-#include "IrrCompileConfig.h"
-
-#ifndef REALINLINE
-#ifdef _MSC_VER
-#define REALINLINE __forceinline
-#else
-#define REALINLINE inline
-#endif
-#endif
-
-//! Size of a static C-style array.
-#define array_size(_arr)  ((sizeof(_arr)/sizeof(*_arr)))
-
-//! Compiler Align
-#if defined(_MSC_VER)
-#define ALIGN(x) __declspec(align(x))
-#elif defined(__GNUC__)
-#define ALIGN(x) __attribute__ ((aligned(x)))
-#else
-#define ALIGN(x)
-#endif
-
-#endif // __S_VIDEO_2_SOFTWARE_COMPILE_CONFIG_H_INCLUDED__
diff --git a/source/Irrlicht/SoftwareDriver2_helper.h b/source/Irrlicht/SoftwareDriver2_helper.h
index 2f8b00b0..a864a57f 100644
--- a/source/Irrlicht/SoftwareDriver2_helper.h
+++ b/source/Irrlicht/SoftwareDriver2_helper.h
@@ -10,10 +10,17 @@
 #ifndef __S_VIDEO_2_SOFTWARE_HELPER_H_INCLUDED__
 #define __S_VIDEO_2_SOFTWARE_HELPER_H_INCLUDED__
 
-#include "SoftwareDriver2_compile_config.h"
 #include "irrMath.h"
 #include "SMaterial.h"
 
+#ifndef REALINLINE
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+#define REALINLINE __forceinline
+#else
+#define REALINLINE inline
+#endif
+#endif
+
 
 namespace irr
 {
diff --git a/source/Irrlicht/os.cpp b/source/Irrlicht/os.cpp
index b27d56bf..47031c98 100644
--- a/source/Irrlicht/os.cpp
+++ b/source/Irrlicht/os.cpp
@@ -12,14 +12,12 @@
 	#define bswap_16(X) SDL_Swap16(X)
 	#define bswap_32(X) SDL_Swap32(X)
 	#define bswap_64(X) SDL_Swap64(X)
-#elif defined(_IRR_WINDOWS_API_) && defined(_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER > 1298)
+#elif defined(_IRR_WINDOWS_API_) && defined(_MSC_VER)
 	#include <stdlib.h>
 	#define bswap_16(X) _byteswap_ushort(X)
 	#define bswap_32(X) _byteswap_ulong(X)
 	#define bswap_64(X) _byteswap_uint64(X)
-#if (_MSC_VER >= 1400)
 	#define localtime _localtime_s
-#endif
 #elif defined(_IRR_OSX_PLATFORM_) || defined(_IRR_IOS_PLATFORM_)
 	#include <libkern/OSByteOrder.h>
 	#define bswap_16(X) OSReadSwapInt16(&X,0)
@@ -65,13 +63,9 @@ namespace os
 // Windows specific functions
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------
 
-#ifdef _IRR_XBOX_PLATFORM_
-#include <xtl.h>
-#else
 #define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
 #include <windows.h>
 #include <time.h>
-#endif
 
 namespace irr
 {
@@ -80,16 +74,10 @@ namespace os
 	//! prints a debuginfo string
 	void Printer::print(const c8* message, ELOG_LEVEL ll)
 	{
-#if defined (_WIN32_WCE )
-		core::stringw tmp(message);
-		tmp += L"\n";
-		OutputDebugStringW(tmp.c_str());
-#else
 		core::stringc tmp(message);
 		tmp += "\n";
 		OutputDebugStringA(tmp.c_str());
 		printf("%s", tmp.c_str());
-#endif
 	}
 
 	static LARGE_INTEGER HighPerformanceFreq;