diff --git a/tests/cpp-tests/proj.win32/cpp-tests.vcxproj b/tests/cpp-tests/proj.win32/cpp-tests.vcxproj
index 172ef28da3..b37c6a7ce9 100644
--- a/tests/cpp-tests/proj.win32/cpp-tests.vcxproj
+++ b/tests/cpp-tests/proj.win32/cpp-tests.vcxproj
@@ -109,9 +109,10 @@ xcopy /Y /Q "$(ProjectDir)..\..\..\external\websockets\prebuilt\win32\*.*" "$(Ou
       <PrecompiledHeader>
       </PrecompiledHeader>
       <WarningLevel>Level3</WarningLevel>
-      <DebugInformationFormat>ProgramDatabase</DebugInformationFormat>
+      <DebugInformationFormat>OldStyle</DebugInformationFormat>
       <DisableSpecificWarnings>4267;4251;4244;%(DisableSpecificWarnings)</DisableSpecificWarnings>
       <MultiProcessorCompilation>true</MultiProcessorCompilation>
+      <MinimalRebuild>false</MinimalRebuild>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <AdditionalDependencies>libcurl_imp.lib;websockets.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
@@ -583,4 +584,4 @@ xcopy /Y /Q "$(ProjectDir)..\..\..\external\websockets\prebuilt\win32\*.*" "$(Ou
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
   </ImportGroup>
-</Project>
+</Project>
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