diff --git a/include/capstone.h b/include/capstone.h
index 40765607..1c67e42f 100644
--- a/include/capstone.h
+++ b/include/capstone.h
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ extern "C" {
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
-#include "platform.h"
-
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
 #pragma warning(disable:4201)
 #pragma warning(disable:4100)
diff --git a/include/platform.h b/include/platform.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 23b3bbd0..00000000
--- a/include/platform.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-/* Capstone Disassembly Engine */
-/* By Axel Souchet & Nguyen Anh Quynh, 2014 */
-
-// prototypes for MSVC
-#ifndef CAPSTONE_PLATFORM_H
-#define CAPSTONE_PLATFORM_H
-
-#if !defined(__MINGW32__) && !defined(__MINGW64__)  // this is not MingW
-#if defined (WIN32) || defined (WIN64) || defined (_WIN32) || defined (_WIN64)
-
-
-// string.h
-#define strcasecmp _stricmp
-
-
-#endif	// MSVC
-#endif	// not MingW
-
-#endif
diff --git a/utils.h b/utils.h
index d8bf4d69..6c4bd4e7 100644
--- a/utils.h
+++ b/utils.h
@@ -7,6 +7,16 @@
 #include "include/capstone.h"
 #include "cs_priv.h"
 
+// strcasecmp for MSVC
+#if !defined(__MINGW32__) && !defined(__MINGW64__)  // this is not MingW
+#if defined (WIN32) || defined (WIN64) || defined (_WIN32) || defined (_WIN64)
+
+// string.h
+#define strcasecmp _stricmp
+
+#endif	// MSVC
+#endif	// not MingW
+
 // threshold number, so above this number will be printed in hexa mode
 #define HEX_THRESHOLD 9