diff --git a/PC/VC6/readme.txt b/PC/VC6/readme.txt
index 0dd804a4942..0ea3edde0f5 100644
--- a/PC/VC6/readme.txt
+++ b/PC/VC6/readme.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 Building Python using VC++ 6.0 or 5.0
 -------------------------------------
 This directory is used to build Python for Win32 platforms, e.g. Windows
-2000 and XP.  It requires Microsoft Visual C++ 6.x or 5.x.
+2000 and XP.  It requires Microsoft Visual C++ 6.x or 5.x and Platform
+SDK February 2003 Edition (Core SDK).
 (For other Windows platforms and compilers, see ../readme.txt.)
 
 All you need to do is open the workspace "pcbuild.dsw" in MSVC++, select
@@ -39,7 +40,6 @@ pythonw
     pythonw.exe, a variant of python.exe that doesn't pop up a DOS box
 _msi
     _msi.c. You need to install Windows Installer SDK to build this module.
-    http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/platformsdk/sdkupdate/psdk-full.htm
 _socket
     socketmodule.c
 _testcapi
diff --git a/PC/VC6/tcl852.patch b/PC/VC6/tcl852.patch
index 0b6c4662b85..ed6780ad934 100644
--- a/PC/VC6/tcl852.patch
+++ b/PC/VC6/tcl852.patch
@@ -9,14 +9,3 @@
  typedef struct _stati64	Tcl_StatBuf;
  #         else
  typedef struct _stat64	Tcl_StatBuf;
---- tcl8.5.2\generic\tcl.h	Fri Jun 13 03:35:39 2008
-+++ tcl8.5.2\generic\tcl.h	Sun Jan  4 16:52:30 2009
-@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@
- typedef struct stati64 Tcl_StatBuf;
- #         define TCL_LL_MODIFIER	"L"
- #      else /* __BORLANDC__ */
--#         if _MSC_VER < 1400 && !defined(_M_IX86)
-+#         if _MSC_VER < 1400 /*&& !defined(_M_IX86)*/
- typedef struct _stati64	Tcl_StatBuf;
- #         else
- typedef struct _stat64	Tcl_StatBuf;