--- a/src/cx/common.h	Sun Jan 26 14:37:07 2025 +0100
+++ b/src/cx/common.h	Mon Jan 27 20:27:39 2025 +0100
@@ -120,22 +120,6 @@
 #endif
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-//       Missing Defines
-// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-#ifndef SSIZE_MAX // not defined in glibc since C23 and MSVC
-#if CX_WORDSIZE == 64
-/**
- * The maximum representable value in ssize_t.
- */
-#define SSIZE_MAX 0x7fffffffffffffffll
-#else
-#define SSIZE_MAX 0x7fffffffl
-#endif
-#endif
-
-
-// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 //       Attribute definitions
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -365,10 +349,6 @@
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
-// fix missing ssize_t definition
-#include <BaseTsd.h>
-typedef SSIZE_T ssize_t;
-
 // fix missing _Thread_local support
 #define _Thread_local __declspec(thread)
 #endif // _MSC_VER