diff --git a/include/tvm/runtime/c_runtime_api.h b/include/tvm/runtime/c_runtime_api.h
index f9f002945f854..085935101cd2c 100644
--- a/include/tvm/runtime/c_runtime_api.h
+++ b/include/tvm/runtime/c_runtime_api.h
@@ -76,18 +76,6 @@ extern "C" {
 #endif
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <sys/types.h>
-
-#if defined(_MSC_VER)
-#if defined(_WIN64)
-typedef int64_t tvm_ssize_t;
-#else
-typedef int32_t tvm_ssize_t;
-#endif
-#else
-typedef ssize_t tvm_ssize_t;
-#endif
 
 /*! \brief type of array index. */
 typedef int64_t tvm_index_t;
diff --git a/src/runtime/minrpc/minrpc_server.h b/src/runtime/minrpc/minrpc_server.h
index ae50f16f33fe3..4684aa0e16165 100644
--- a/src/runtime/minrpc/minrpc_server.h
+++ b/src/runtime/minrpc/minrpc_server.h
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ class MinRPCReturns : public MinRPCReturnInterface {
     const uint8_t* buf = static_cast<const uint8_t*>(data);
     size_t ndone = 0;
     while (ndone < size) {
-      tvm_ssize_t ret = io_->PosixWrite(buf, size - ndone);
+      ssize_t ret = io_->PosixWrite(buf, size - ndone);
       if (ret <= 0) {
         this->ThrowError(RPCServerStatus::kWriteError);
       }
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ class MinRPCExecute : public MinRPCExecInterface {
     uint8_t* buf = static_cast<uint8_t*>(data);
     size_t ndone = 0;
     while (ndone < size) {
-      tvm_ssize_t ret = io_->PosixRead(buf, size - ndone);
+      ssize_t ret = io_->PosixRead(buf, size - ndone);
       if (ret <= 0) return ret;
       ndone += ret;
       buf += ret;
@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@ class MinRPCServer {
     uint8_t* buf = static_cast<uint8_t*>(data);
     size_t ndone = 0;
     while (ndone < size) {
-      tvm_ssize_t ret = io_->PosixRead(buf, size - ndone);
+      ssize_t ret = io_->PosixRead(buf, size - ndone);
       if (ret == 0) {
         if (allow_clean_shutdown_) {
           Shutdown();
diff --git a/src/runtime/minrpc/minrpc_server_logging.h b/src/runtime/minrpc/minrpc_server_logging.h
index ccfe1af44a7a8..deca2156ce62f 100644
--- a/src/runtime/minrpc/minrpc_server_logging.h
+++ b/src/runtime/minrpc/minrpc_server_logging.h
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ class MinRPCSniffer {
     uint8_t* buf = reinterpret_cast<uint8_t*>(data);
     size_t ndone = 0;
     while (ndone < size) {
-      tvm_ssize_t ret = io_->PosixRead(buf, size - ndone);
+      ssize_t ret = io_->PosixRead(buf, size - ndone);
       if (ret <= 0) {
         this->ThrowError(RPCServerStatus::kReadError);
         return false;
diff --git a/src/runtime/rpc/rpc_channel_logger.h b/src/runtime/rpc/rpc_channel_logger.h
index 7f26841d9ad0a..8fe68f6690076 100644
--- a/src/runtime/rpc/rpc_channel_logger.h
+++ b/src/runtime/rpc/rpc_channel_logger.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include <memory>
 #include <utility>
 
+#include "../../support/ssize.h"
 #include "../minrpc/minrpc_server_logging.h"
 #include "rpc_channel.h"
 
@@ -98,11 +99,11 @@ class SnifferIOHandler {
 
   void MessageStart(size_t message_size_bytes) {}
 
-  tvm_ssize_t PosixWrite(const uint8_t* buf, size_t buf_size_bytes) { return 0; }
+  ssize_t PosixWrite(const uint8_t* buf, size_t buf_size_bytes) { return 0; }
 
   void MessageDone() {}
 
-  tvm_ssize_t PosixRead(uint8_t* buf, size_t buf_size_bytes) {
+  ssize_t PosixRead(uint8_t* buf, size_t buf_size_bytes) {
     return receive_buffer_->Read(buf, buf_size_bytes);
   }
 
diff --git a/src/support/socket.h b/src/support/socket.h
index 42d5d9004c156..52de2f72f548f 100644
--- a/src/support/socket.h
+++ b/src/support/socket.h
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 #include <winsock2.h>
 #include <ws2tcpip.h>
 
-using ssize_t = int;
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
 #pragma comment(lib, "Ws2_32.lib")
 #endif
@@ -57,6 +56,7 @@ using ssize_t = int;
 #include <unordered_map>
 #include <vector>
 
+#include "../support/ssize.h"
 #include "../support/utils.h"
 
 #if defined(_WIN32)
diff --git a/src/support/ssize.h b/src/support/ssize.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..2a62a9b36989e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/support/ssize.h
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+/*!
+ * \file ssize.h
+ * \brief this file aims to define ssize_t for Windows platform
+ */
+
+#ifndef TVM_SUPPORT_SSIZE_H_
+#define TVM_SUPPORT_SSIZE_H_
+
+#if defined(_MSC_VER)
+#if defined(_WIN32)
+using ssize_t = int32_t;
+#else
+using ssize_t = int64_t;
+#endif
+#endif
+
+#endif  // TVM_SUPPORT_SSIZE_H_