diff --git a/gui/projectfile.cpp b/gui/projectfile.cpp
index f276e00a0..22796f633 100644
--- a/gui/projectfile.cpp
+++ b/gui/projectfile.cpp
@@ -25,49 +25,45 @@
 #include "projectfile.h"
 #include "common.h"
 
-#ifdef _MSC_VER
-#define constexpr const  // TODO what handling of constexpr is there is MSC
-#endif
-
-static constexpr char ProjectElementName[] = "project";
-static constexpr char ProjectVersionAttrib[] = "version";
-static constexpr char ProjectFileVersion[] = "1";
-static constexpr char BuildDirElementName[] = "builddir";
-static constexpr char ImportProjectElementName[] = "importproject";
-static constexpr char AnalyzeAllVsConfigsElementName[] = "analyze-all-vs-configs";
-static constexpr char IncludeDirElementName[] = "includedir";
-static constexpr char DirElementName[] = "dir";
-static constexpr char DirNameAttrib[] = "name";
-static constexpr char DefinesElementName[] = "defines";
-static constexpr char DefineName[] = "define";
-static constexpr char DefineNameAttrib[] = "name";
-static constexpr char UndefinesElementName[] = "undefines";
-static constexpr char UndefineName[] = "undefine";
-static constexpr char PathsElementName[] = "paths";
-static constexpr char PathName[] = "dir";
-static constexpr char PathNameAttrib[] = "name";
-static constexpr char RootPathName[] = "root";
-static constexpr char RootPathNameAttrib[] = "name";
-static constexpr char IgnoreElementName[] = "ignore";
-static constexpr char IgnorePathName[] = "path";
-static constexpr char IgnorePathNameAttrib[] = "name";
-static constexpr char ExcludeElementName[] = "exclude";
-static constexpr char ExcludePathName[] = "path";
-static constexpr char ExcludePathNameAttrib[] = "name";
-static constexpr char LibrariesElementName[] = "libraries";
-static constexpr char LibraryElementName[] = "library";
-static constexpr char PlatformElementName[] = "platform";
-static constexpr char SuppressionsElementName[] = "suppressions";
-static constexpr char SuppressionElementName[] = "suppression";
-static constexpr char AddonElementName[] = "addon";
-static constexpr char AddonsElementName[] = "addons";
-static constexpr char ToolElementName[] = "tool";
-static constexpr char ToolsElementName[] = "tools";
-static constexpr char TagsElementName[] = "tags";
-static constexpr char TagElementName[] = "tag";
-static constexpr char CheckHeadersElementName[] = "check-headers";
-static constexpr char CheckUnusedTemplatesElementName[] = "check-unused-templates";
-static constexpr char MaxCtuDepthElementName[] = "max-ctu-depth";
+static const char ProjectElementName[] = "project";
+static const char ProjectVersionAttrib[] = "version";
+static const char ProjectFileVersion[] = "1";
+static const char BuildDirElementName[] = "builddir";
+static const char ImportProjectElementName[] = "importproject";
+static const char AnalyzeAllVsConfigsElementName[] = "analyze-all-vs-configs";
+static const char IncludeDirElementName[] = "includedir";
+static const char DirElementName[] = "dir";
+static const char DirNameAttrib[] = "name";
+static const char DefinesElementName[] = "defines";
+static const char DefineName[] = "define";
+static const char DefineNameAttrib[] = "name";
+static const char UndefinesElementName[] = "undefines";
+static const char UndefineName[] = "undefine";
+static const char PathsElementName[] = "paths";
+static const char PathName[] = "dir";
+static const char PathNameAttrib[] = "name";
+static const char RootPathName[] = "root";
+static const char RootPathNameAttrib[] = "name";
+static const char IgnoreElementName[] = "ignore";
+static const char IgnorePathName[] = "path";
+static const char IgnorePathNameAttrib[] = "name";
+static const char ExcludeElementName[] = "exclude";
+static const char ExcludePathName[] = "path";
+static const char ExcludePathNameAttrib[] = "name";
+static const char LibrariesElementName[] = "libraries";
+static const char LibraryElementName[] = "library";
+static const char PlatformElementName[] = "platform";
+static const char SuppressionsElementName[] = "suppressions";
+static const char SuppressionElementName[] = "suppression";
+static const char AddonElementName[] = "addon";
+static const char AddonsElementName[] = "addons";
+static const char ToolElementName[] = "tool";
+static const char ToolsElementName[] = "tools";
+static const char TagsElementName[] = "tags";
+static const char TagElementName[] = "tag";
+static const char CheckHeadersElementName[] = "check-headers";
+static const char CheckUnusedTemplatesElementName[] = "check-unused-templates";
+static const char MaxCtuDepthElementName[] = "max-ctu-depth";
 
 ProjectFile::ProjectFile(QObject *parent) :
     QObject(parent)
diff --git a/lib/importproject.cpp b/lib/importproject.cpp
index f3d206a3f..5db57c2dc 100644
--- a/lib/importproject.cpp
+++ b/lib/importproject.cpp
@@ -937,50 +937,46 @@ static std::string join(const std::list<std::string> &strlist, const char *sep)
     return ret;
 }
 
-#ifdef _MSC_VER
-#define constexpr const  // TODO what handling of constexpr is there is MSC
-#endif
-
 // These constants are copy/pasted from gui/projectfile.cpp
-static constexpr char ProjectElementName[] = "project";
-static constexpr char ProjectVersionAttrib[] = "version";
-static constexpr char ProjectFileVersion[] = "1";
-static constexpr char BuildDirElementName[] = "builddir";
-static constexpr char ImportProjectElementName[] = "importproject";
-static constexpr char AnalyzeAllVsConfigsElementName[] = "analyze-all-vs-configs";
-static constexpr char IncludeDirElementName[] = "includedir";
-static constexpr char DirElementName[] = "dir";
-static constexpr char DirNameAttrib[] = "name";
-static constexpr char DefinesElementName[] = "defines";
-static constexpr char DefineName[] = "define";
-static constexpr char DefineNameAttrib[] = "name";
-static constexpr char UndefinesElementName[] = "undefines";
-static constexpr char UndefineName[] = "undefine";
-static constexpr char PathsElementName[] = "paths";
-static constexpr char PathName[] = "dir";
-static constexpr char PathNameAttrib[] = "name";
-static constexpr char RootPathName[] = "root";
-static constexpr char RootPathNameAttrib[] = "name";
-static constexpr char IgnoreElementName[] = "ignore";
-static constexpr char IgnorePathName[] = "path";
-static constexpr char IgnorePathNameAttrib[] = "name";
-static constexpr char ExcludeElementName[] = "exclude";
-static constexpr char ExcludePathName[] = "path";
-static constexpr char ExcludePathNameAttrib[] = "name";
-static constexpr char LibrariesElementName[] = "libraries";
-static constexpr char LibraryElementName[] = "library";
-static constexpr char PlatformElementName[] = "platform";
-static constexpr char SuppressionsElementName[] = "suppressions";
-static constexpr char SuppressionElementName[] = "suppression";
-static constexpr char AddonElementName[] = "addon";
-static constexpr char AddonsElementName[] = "addons";
-static constexpr char ToolElementName[] = "tool";
-static constexpr char ToolsElementName[] = "tools";
-static constexpr char TagsElementName[] = "tags";
-static constexpr char TagElementName[] = "tag";
-static constexpr char CheckHeadersElementName[] = "check-headers";
-static constexpr char CheckUnusedTemplatesElementName[] = "check-unused-templates";
-static constexpr char MaxCtuDepthElementName[] = "max-ctu-depth";
+static const char ProjectElementName[] = "project";
+static const char ProjectVersionAttrib[] = "version";
+static const char ProjectFileVersion[] = "1";
+static const char BuildDirElementName[] = "builddir";
+static const char ImportProjectElementName[] = "importproject";
+static const char AnalyzeAllVsConfigsElementName[] = "analyze-all-vs-configs";
+static const char IncludeDirElementName[] = "includedir";
+static const char DirElementName[] = "dir";
+static const char DirNameAttrib[] = "name";
+static const char DefinesElementName[] = "defines";
+static const char DefineName[] = "define";
+static const char DefineNameAttrib[] = "name";
+static const char UndefinesElementName[] = "undefines";
+static const char UndefineName[] = "undefine";
+static const char PathsElementName[] = "paths";
+static const char PathName[] = "dir";
+static const char PathNameAttrib[] = "name";
+static const char RootPathName[] = "root";
+static const char RootPathNameAttrib[] = "name";
+static const char IgnoreElementName[] = "ignore";
+static const char IgnorePathName[] = "path";
+static const char IgnorePathNameAttrib[] = "name";
+static const char ExcludeElementName[] = "exclude";
+static const char ExcludePathName[] = "path";
+static const char ExcludePathNameAttrib[] = "name";
+static const char LibrariesElementName[] = "libraries";
+static const char LibraryElementName[] = "library";
+static const char PlatformElementName[] = "platform";
+static const char SuppressionsElementName[] = "suppressions";
+static const char SuppressionElementName[] = "suppression";
+static const char AddonElementName[] = "addon";
+static const char AddonsElementName[] = "addons";
+static const char ToolElementName[] = "tool";
+static const char ToolsElementName[] = "tools";
+static const char TagsElementName[] = "tags";
+static const char TagElementName[] = "tag";
+static const char CheckHeadersElementName[] = "check-headers";
+static const char CheckUnusedTemplatesElementName[] = "check-unused-templates";
+static const char MaxCtuDepthElementName[] = "max-ctu-depth";
 
 static std::string istream_to_string(std::istream &istr)
 {