diff --git a/atom/browser/resources/win/atom.rc b/atom/browser/resources/win/atom.rc
index 455e801ebf17..a3abe4d6f2a6 100644
--- a/atom/browser/resources/win/atom.rc
+++ b/atom/browser/resources/win/atom.rc
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 //
 // Generated from the TEXTINCLUDE 2 resource.
 //
-#include "afxres.h"
+#include windows.h"
 
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 #undef APSTUDIO_READONLY_SYMBOLS
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ END
 
 2 TEXTINCLUDE
 BEGIN
-    "#include ""afxres.h""\r\n"
+    "#include ""windows.h""\r\n"
     "\0"
 END