diff --git a/wolfssl.vcxproj b/wolfssl.vcxproj
index 86d6c0364..f5bdbf5da 100644
--- a/wolfssl.vcxproj
+++ b/wolfssl.vcxproj
@@ -353,9 +353,14 @@
     <ClInclude Include="IDE\WIN\user_settings.h" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ResourceCompile Include="wolfssl.rc" />
+    <ResourceCompile Include="wolfssl.rc">
+      <ExcludedFromBuild Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">true</ExcludedFromBuild>
+      <ExcludedFromBuild Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">true</ExcludedFromBuild>
+      <ExcludedFromBuild Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'">true</ExcludedFromBuild>
+      <ExcludedFromBuild Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'">true</ExcludedFromBuild>
+    </ResourceCompile>
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
   </ImportGroup>
-</Project>
+</Project>
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