diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 478c572..ff59c55 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -334,19 +334,9 @@ if(APPLE)
 endif()
 
 if(WIN32)
-
-	# add version and icon
-	set(TIC80_RES_SRC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/build/windows/tic/tic80.rc)
-	set(TIC80_RES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/tic80res.obj)
-	add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${TIC80_RES} 
-		COMMAND windres -i ${TIC80_RES_SRC} -o ${TIC80_RES})
-
-	add_executable(tic80 WIN32 ${TIC80_SRC} ${TIC80_RES})
-
+	add_executable(tic80 WIN32 ${TIC80_SRC} build/windows/tic/tic80.rc)
 else()
-
 	add_executable(tic80 ${TIC80_SRC})
-
 endif()
 
 target_include_directories(tic80 PRIVATE include)
diff --git a/build/windows/tic/tic.aps b/build/windows/tic/tic.aps
deleted file mode 100644
index 747b9da..0000000
Binary files a/build/windows/tic/tic.aps and /dev/null differ