diff --git a/torchvision/csrc/macros.h b/torchvision/csrc/macros.h
index 64ca89429a9..55be2183967 100644
--- a/torchvision/csrc/macros.h
+++ b/torchvision/csrc/macros.h
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 #else
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
 #define VISION_INLINE_VARIABLE __declspec(selectany)
-#define HINT_MSVC_LINKER_INCLUDE_SYMBOL
 #else
 #define VISION_INLINE_VARIABLE __attribute__((weak))
 #endif
diff --git a/torchvision/csrc/vision.h b/torchvision/csrc/vision.h
index 22f8c6cdd38..22c0ec6f941 100644
--- a/torchvision/csrc/vision.h
+++ b/torchvision/csrc/vision.h
@@ -8,9 +8,5 @@ VISION_API int64_t cuda_version();
 
 namespace detail {
 extern "C" VISION_INLINE_VARIABLE auto _register_ops = &cuda_version;
-#ifdef HINT_MSVC_LINKER_INCLUDE_SYMBOL
-#pragma comment(linker, "/include:_register_ops")
-#endif
-
 } // namespace detail
 } // namespace vision