diff --git a/build_msvc/common.init.vcxproj b/build_msvc/common.init.vcxproj
index 9c589bccbc4..a3487c7a0d5 100644
--- a/build_msvc/common.init.vcxproj
+++ b/build_msvc/common.init.vcxproj
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
     <ClCompile>
       <WarningLevel>Level3</WarningLevel>
       <PrecompiledHeader>NotUsing</PrecompiledHeader>
-      <AdditionalOptions>/utf-8 /std:c++17 %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
+      <AdditionalOptions>/utf-8 /Zc:__cplusplus /std:c++17 %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
       <DisableSpecificWarnings>4018;4221;4244;4267;4334;4715;4805;4834</DisableSpecificWarnings>
       <TreatWarningAsError>true</TreatWarningAsError>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_SILENCE_CXX17_CODECVT_HEADER_DEPRECATION_WARNING;_SILENCE_CXX17_OLD_ALLOCATOR_MEMBERS_DEPRECATION_WARNING;ZMQ_STATIC;NOMINMAX;WIN32;HAVE_CONFIG_H;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;_CONSOLE;_WIN32_WINNT=0x0601;_WIN32_IE=0x0501;WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
diff --git a/src/compat/assumptions.h b/src/compat/assumptions.h
index e8d0c7d56e7..5f50cde3ff6 100644
--- a/src/compat/assumptions.h
+++ b/src/compat/assumptions.h
@@ -19,14 +19,10 @@
 
 // Assumption: We assume a C++17 (ISO/IEC 14882:2017) compiler (minimum requirement).
 // Example(s): We assume the presence of C++17 features everywhere :-)
-// Note:       MSVC does not report the expected __cplusplus value due to legacy
-//             reasons.
-#if !defined(_MSC_VER)
 // ISO Standard C++17 [cpp.predefined]p1:
 // "The name __cplusplus is defined to the value 201703L when compiling a C++
 //  translation unit."
 static_assert(__cplusplus >= 201703L, "C++17 standard assumed");
-#endif
 
 // Assumption: We assume the floating-point types to fulfill the requirements of
 //             IEC 559 (IEEE 754) standard.