diff --git a/tools/Makefile.in b/tools/Makefile.in
index 2cf9165520a..271a3277b6e 100644
--- a/tools/Makefile.in
+++ b/tools/Makefile.in
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-EXTRADEFS = -DWINE_UNICODE_API=""
 EXTRAINCL = @FREETYPE_CFLAGS@
 FREETYPELIBS = @FREETYPE_LIBS@
 
diff --git a/tools/sfnt2fnt.c b/tools/sfnt2fnt.c
index 1952c5cf162..925855f8757 100644
--- a/tools/sfnt2fnt.c
+++ b/tools/sfnt2fnt.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 #include FT_TRUETYPE_TABLES_H
 #include FT_TRUETYPE_TAGS_H
 
+#define WINE_UNICODE_API /* nothing */
 #include "wine/unicode.h"
 #include "wingdi.h"
 #include "basetsd.h"