diff --git a/SConscript b/SConscript
index 316c5a9..b68d911 100644
--- a/SConscript
+++ b/SConscript
@@ -926,19 +926,20 @@ elif env['COMPILER_FAMILY'] == 'cl':
         'c++23': 'c++latest',
         'c++26': 'c++latest'
     }.get(env['CXX_STANDARD'], 'c++14') # default to C++14 for older versions
-    if env['CXX_NO_EXCEPTIONS']:
-        exception_option = ''
-    else:
-        exception_option = '/EHsc'
     # C4201: nonstandard extension used : nameless struct/union - I use it and want to continue using it
     # C4127: conditional expression is constant - some libs (CRC, format) don't compile with this enabled # TODO: fix?
     # C4702: unreachable code, issued after MIJIN_FATAL macro
     # C4251: missing dll-interface of some std types, yaml-cpp doesn't compile with this enabled
     # C4275: same as above
     env.Append(CCFLAGS = ['/W4', '/WX', '/wd4201', '/wd4127', '/wd4702', '/wd4251', '/wd4275', '/bigobj', '/vmg',
-                          f'/std:{cxx_version_name}', '/permissive-', exception_option, '/FS', '/Zc:char8_t', '/utf-8'])
+                          f'/std:{cxx_version_name}', '/permissive-', '/FS', '/Zc:char8_t', '/utf-8'])
     env.Append(CPPDEFINES = ['_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS']) # I'd like to not use MSVC specific versions of functions because they are "safer" ...
-    env.Append(DEPS_CXXFLAGS = [exception_option, '/Zc:char8_t', '/utf-8', '/vmg'])
+    env.Append(DEPS_CXXFLAGS = ['/Zc:char8_t', '/utf-8', '/vmg'])
+    if env['CXX_NO_EXCEPTIONS']:
+        env.Append(CPPDEFINES = ['_HAS_EXCEPTIONS=0'])
+    else:
+        env.Append(CXXFLAGS = ['/EHsc'])
+        env.Append(DEPS_CXXFLAGS = ['/EHsc'])
     if env['SHOW_INCLUDES']:
         env.Append(CCFLAGS = ['/showIncludes'])
     if build_type == 'debug':