diff --git a/cli/cppcheck.vcproj b/cli/cppcheck.vcproj
index 376a39ef1..79a4da195 100755
--- a/cli/cppcheck.vcproj
+++ b/cli/cppcheck.vcproj
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 				Optimization="0"
 				WholeProgramOptimization="false"
 				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..\lib"
-				PreprocessorDefinitions="_DEBUG;WIN32;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;UNICODE"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="_DEBUG;WIN32;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS"
 				BasicRuntimeChecks="3"
 				RuntimeLibrary="1"
 				TreatWChar_tAsBuiltInType="false"
diff --git a/lib/filelister_win32.cpp b/lib/filelister_win32.cpp
index 13ba19844..975587c47 100644
--- a/lib/filelister_win32.cpp
+++ b/lib/filelister_win32.cpp
@@ -148,14 +148,12 @@ void FileListerWin32::recursiveAddFiles(std::vector<std::string> &filenames, con
 #if defined(UNICODE)
         char * ansiFfd = new char[wcslen(ffd.cFileName) + 1];
         TransformUcs2ToAnsi(ffd.cFileName, ansiFfd, wcslen(ffd.cFileName) + 1);
-        if (strchr(ansiFfd, '?'))
-        {
-            delete [] ansiFfd;
-            ansiFfd = new char[wcslen(ffd.cAlternateFileName) + 1];
-            TransformUcs2ToAnsi(ffd.cAlternateFileName, ansiFfd, wcslen(ffd.cAlternateFileName) + 1);
-        }
 #else // defined(UNICODE)
-        char * ansiFfd = &ffd.cFileName[0];
+        const char * ansiFfd = &ffd.cFileName[0];
+        if (strchr(ansiFfd,'?'))
+        {
+            ansiFfd = &ffd.cAlternateFileName[0];
+        }
 #endif // defined(UNICODE)
 
         std::ostringstream fname;