diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE
index b83358905..745466841 100644
--- a/ANNOUNCE
+++ b/ANNOUNCE
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-Libpng 1.5.0rc02 - December 27, 2010
+Libpng 1.5.0rc02 - December 28, 2010
 
 This is not intended to be a public release.  It will be replaced
 within a few weeks by a public version or by another test version.
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ version 1.5.0beta24 [May 7, 2010]
     offset of the png_ptr->rowbuf pointer into png_ptr->big_row_buf.
   Added more blank lines for readability.
 
-version 1.5.0beta25 [December 27, 2010]
+version 1.5.0beta25 [December 28, 2010]
   In pngpread.c: png_push_have_row() add check for new_row > height
   Removed the now-redundant check for out-of-bounds new_row from example.c
 
@@ -478,9 +478,12 @@ Version 1.5.0beta58 [December 19, 2010]
   Fixed the clean rule in Makefile.am to remove pngtest-log.txt
   Made minor changes to work around warnings in gcc 3.4
 
-Version 1.5.0rc01 [December 27, 2010]
+Version 1.5.0rc01 [December 28, 2010]
   No changes.
 
+Version 1.5.0rc02 [December 28, 2010]
+  Eliminated references to the scripts/*.def files in project/visualc71.
+
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diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index c84a99f73..152f0ae16 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -3119,6 +3119,9 @@ Version 1.5.0beta58 [December 19, 2010]
 Version 1.5.0rc01 [December 27, 2010]
   No changes.
 
+Version 1.5.0rc02 [December 28, 2010]
+  Eliminated references to the scripts/*.def files in project/visualc71.
+
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diff --git a/projects/visualc71/libpng.vcproj b/projects/visualc71/libpng.vcproj
index 553c25c91..4c5acf94c 100644
--- a/projects/visualc71/libpng.vcproj
+++ b/projects/visualc71/libpng.vcproj
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCLinkerTool"
 				OutputFile="$(OutDir)/libpng15.dll"
-				LinkIncremental="1"
-				ModuleDefinitionFile="..\..\scripts\pngwin.def"/>
+				LinkIncremental="1"/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCMIDLTool"/>
 			<Tool
@@ -80,7 +79,6 @@
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCLinkerTool"
 				OutputFile="$(OutDir)/libpng15d.dll"
-				ModuleDefinitionFile="..\..\scripts\pngwin.def"
 				GenerateDebugInformation="TRUE"/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCMIDLTool"/>
@@ -340,27 +338,6 @@
 			<File
 				RelativePath="..\..\pngtrans.c">
 			</File>
-			<File
-				RelativePath="..\..\scripts\pngwin.def">
-				<FileConfiguration
-					Name="DLL VB|Win32"
-					ExcludedFromBuild="TRUE">
-					<Tool
-						Name="VCCustomBuildTool"/>
-				</FileConfiguration>
-				<FileConfiguration
-					Name="LIB Release|Win32"
-					ExcludedFromBuild="TRUE">
-					<Tool
-						Name="VCCustomBuildTool"/>
-				</FileConfiguration>
-				<FileConfiguration
-					Name="LIB Debug|Win32"
-					ExcludedFromBuild="TRUE">
-					<Tool
-						Name="VCCustomBuildTool"/>
-				</FileConfiguration>
-			</File>
 			<File
 				RelativePath="..\..\pngwio.c">
 			</File>