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       <StringPooling>true</StringPooling>
       <ExceptionHandling>Sync</ExceptionHandling>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
@@ -136,7 +138,7 @@
       <Culture>0x0809</Culture>
     </ResourceCompile>
     <Link>
-      <AdditionalDependencies>winmm.lib;ws2_32.lib;imm32.lib;libpng.lib;zlibstat.lib;lzo2.lib;liblzma.lib;libfreetype2.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>winmm.lib;ws2_32.lib;imm32.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
       <SuppressStartupBanner>true</SuppressStartupBanner>
       <IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>%(IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries)</IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
@@ -170,7 +172,7 @@
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\objs\langs;..\objs\settings;..\src\3rdparty\squirrel\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;_DEBUG;_CONSOLE;WIN32_ENABLE_DIRECTMUSIC_SUPPORT;WITH_XAUDIO2;WITH_SSE;WITH_ZLIB;WITH_LZO;WITH_LZMA;LZMA_API_STATIC;WITH_PNG;WITH_FREETYPE;WITH_UNISCRIBE;ENABLE_NETWORK;WITH_PERSONAL_DIR;PERSONAL_DIR="OpenTTD";%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;_DEBUG;_CONSOLE;WIN32_ENABLE_DIRECTMUSIC_SUPPORT;WITH_XAUDIO2;WITH_SSE;WITH_ZLIB;WITH_LZO;WITH_LZMA;WITH_PNG;WITH_FREETYPE;WITH_UNISCRIBE;ENABLE_NETWORK;WITH_PERSONAL_DIR;PERSONAL_DIR="OpenTTD";%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <BasicRuntimeChecks>EnableFastChecks</BasicRuntimeChecks>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
       <PrecompiledHeader>
@@ -192,7 +194,7 @@
       <Culture>0x0809</Culture>
     </ResourceCompile>
     <Link>
-      <AdditionalDependencies>winmm.lib;ws2_32.lib;imm32.lib;libpng.lib;zlibstat.lib;lzo2.lib;liblzma.lib;libfreetype2.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>winmm.lib;ws2_32.lib;imm32.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
       <SuppressStartupBanner>true</SuppressStartupBanner>
       <IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>LIBCMT.lib;%(IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries)</IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
@@ -228,7 +230,7 @@
       <FavorSizeOrSpeed>Size</FavorSizeOrSpeed>
       <OmitFramePointers>true</OmitFramePointers>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\objs\langs;..\objs\settings;..\src\3rdparty\squirrel\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;WIN32_ENABLE_DIRECTMUSIC_SUPPORT;WITH_XAUDIO2;WITH_SSE;WITH_ZLIB;WITH_LZO;WITH_LZMA;LZMA_API_STATIC;WITH_PNG;WITH_FREETYPE;WITH_UNISCRIBE;ENABLE_NETWORK;WITH_PERSONAL_DIR;PERSONAL_DIR="OpenTTD";_SQ64;WITH_ASSERT;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;WIN32_ENABLE_DIRECTMUSIC_SUPPORT;WITH_XAUDIO2;WITH_SSE;WITH_ZLIB;WITH_LZO;WITH_LZMA;WITH_PNG;WITH_FREETYPE;WITH_UNISCRIBE;ENABLE_NETWORK;WITH_PERSONAL_DIR;PERSONAL_DIR="OpenTTD";_SQ64;WITH_ASSERT;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <StringPooling>true</StringPooling>
       <ExceptionHandling>Sync</ExceptionHandling>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
@@ -259,7 +261,7 @@
       <Culture>0x0809</Culture>
     </ResourceCompile>
     <Link>
-      <AdditionalDependencies>winmm.lib;ws2_32.lib;imm32.lib;libpng.lib;zlibstat.lib;lzo2.lib;liblzma.lib;libfreetype2.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>winmm.lib;ws2_32.lib;imm32.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
       <SuppressStartupBanner>true</SuppressStartupBanner>
       <IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>%(IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries)</IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
@@ -291,7 +293,7 @@
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\objs\langs;..\objs\settings;..\src\3rdparty\squirrel\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;_DEBUG;_CONSOLE;WIN32_ENABLE_DIRECTMUSIC_SUPPORT;WITH_XAUDIO2;WITH_SSE;WITH_ZLIB;WITH_LZO;WITH_LZMA;LZMA_API_STATIC;WITH_PNG;WITH_FREETYPE;WITH_UNISCRIBE;ENABLE_NETWORK;WITH_PERSONAL_DIR;PERSONAL_DIR="OpenTTD";_SQ64;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;_DEBUG;_CONSOLE;WIN32_ENABLE_DIRECTMUSIC_SUPPORT;WITH_XAUDIO2;WITH_SSE;WITH_ZLIB;WITH_LZO;WITH_LZMA;WITH_PNG;WITH_FREETYPE;WITH_UNISCRIBE;ENABLE_NETWORK;WITH_PERSONAL_DIR;PERSONAL_DIR="OpenTTD";_SQ64;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <BasicRuntimeChecks>EnableFastChecks</BasicRuntimeChecks>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
       <PrecompiledHeader>
@@ -317,7 +319,7 @@
       <Culture>0x0809</Culture>
     </ResourceCompile>
     <Link>
-      <AdditionalDependencies>winmm.lib;ws2_32.lib;imm32.lib;libpng.lib;zlibstat.lib;lzo2.lib;liblzma.lib;libfreetype2.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>winmm.lib;ws2_32.lib;imm32.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
       <SuppressStartupBanner>true</SuppressStartupBanner>
       <IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>LIBCMT.lib;%(IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries)</IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
diff --git a/src/stdafx.h b/src/stdafx.h
index 54709d1514..fb384ca823 100644
--- a/src/stdafx.h
+++ b/src/stdafx.h
@@ -245,12 +245,19 @@
 		#define fseek _fseeki64
 	#endif /* _WIN64 || WIN64 */
 
-	/* This is needed to zlib uses the stdcall calling convention on visual studio */
-	#if defined(WITH_ZLIB) || defined(WITH_PNG)
-		#if !defined(ZLIB_WINAPI)
-			#define ZLIB_WINAPI
-		#endif
-	#endif
+	/* zlib from vcpkg use cdecl calling convention without enforcing it in the headers */
+#	if defined(WITH_ZLIB)
+#		if !defined(ZEXPORT)
+#			define ZEXPORT CDECL
+#		endif
+#	endif
+
+	/* freetype from vcpkg use cdecl calling convention without enforcing it in the headers */
+#	if defined(WITH_FREETYPE)
+#		if !defined(FT_EXPORT)
+#			define FT_EXPORT( x )  extern "C"  x CDECL
+#		endif
+#	endif
 
 	#define strcasecmp stricmp
 	#define strncasecmp strnicmp