diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e9a3bd8..02073be 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -209,10 +209,6 @@ elseif (HAVE__SNPRINTF)
    set (JSON_SNPRINTF _snprintf)
 endif ()
 
-if (MSVC)
-   set (CMAKE_DEBUG_POSTFIX "_d")
-endif (MSVC)
-
 # configure the public config file
 configure_file (${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/jansson_config.h.cmake
                 ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/include/jansson_config.h)