diff --git a/Modules/xxlimited.c b/Modules/xxlimited.c
index 883c8a9b5e1..c3d98d34eb5 100644
--- a/Modules/xxlimited.c
+++ b/Modules/xxlimited.c
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@
           pass
    */
 
+#define Py_LIMITED_API 0x030a0000
+
 #include "Python.h"
 
 // Module state
diff --git a/Modules/xxlimited_35.c b/Modules/xxlimited_35.c
index ce96e8c90ef..5e93854f685 100644
--- a/Modules/xxlimited_35.c
+++ b/Modules/xxlimited_35.c
@@ -5,10 +5,12 @@
  * See the xxlimited module for an extension module template.
  */
 
-/* Xxo objects */
+#define Py_LIMITED_API 0x03050000
 
 #include "Python.h"
 
+/* Xxo objects */
+
 static PyObject *ErrorObject;
 
 typedef struct {
diff --git a/PCbuild/xxlimited.vcxproj b/PCbuild/xxlimited.vcxproj
index 61e4e5784e7..1c776fb0da3 100644
--- a/PCbuild/xxlimited.vcxproj
+++ b/PCbuild/xxlimited.vcxproj
@@ -93,9 +93,6 @@
     <_ProjectFileVersion>10.0.30319.1</_ProjectFileVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
-    <ClCompile>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>%(PreprocessorDefinitions);Py_LIMITED_API=0x030A0000</PreprocessorDefinitions>
-    </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <AdditionalDependencies>wsock32.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
     </Link>
diff --git a/PCbuild/xxlimited_35.vcxproj b/PCbuild/xxlimited_35.vcxproj
index 7e49eadf903..dd830b3b6aa 100644
--- a/PCbuild/xxlimited_35.vcxproj
+++ b/PCbuild/xxlimited_35.vcxproj
@@ -93,9 +93,6 @@
     <_ProjectFileVersion>10.0.30319.1</_ProjectFileVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
-    <ClCompile>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>%(PreprocessorDefinitions);Py_LIMITED_API=0x03060000</PreprocessorDefinitions>
-    </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <AdditionalDependencies>wsock32.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
     </Link>
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3b4e7ae70a4..edf3cb4f230 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1865,10 +1865,8 @@ class PyBuildExt(build_ext):
 ##         self.add(Extension('xx', ['xxmodule.c']))
 
         # Limited C API
-        self.add(Extension('xxlimited', ['xxlimited.c'],
-                           define_macros=[('Py_LIMITED_API', '0x030a0000')]))
-        self.add(Extension('xxlimited_35', ['xxlimited_35.c'],
-                           define_macros=[('Py_LIMITED_API', '0x03050000')]))
+        self.add(Extension('xxlimited', ['xxlimited.c']))
+        self.add(Extension('xxlimited_35', ['xxlimited_35.c']))
 
     def detect_tkinter_fromenv(self):
         # Build _tkinter using the Tcl/Tk locations specified by