diff --git a/example/ssh2.c b/example/ssh2.c
index fc1ac53a..d0513067 100644
--- a/example/ssh2.c
+++ b/example/ssh2.c
@@ -32,11 +32,6 @@
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
 #endif
 
-#if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__GNUC__)
-/* plain MSVC setups have no normal strdup */
-#define strdup _strdup
-#endif
-
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <errno.h>
diff --git a/win32/libssh2_config.h b/win32/libssh2_config.h
index 6512f77d..56c64a6a 100644
--- a/win32/libssh2_config.h
+++ b/win32/libssh2_config.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #if _MSC_VER < 1500
 #define vsnprintf _vsnprintf
 #endif
+#define strdup _strdup
 #define strncasecmp _strnicmp
 #define strcasecmp _stricmp
 #else