diff --git a/mkspecs/common/msvc-version.conf b/mkspecs/common/msvc-version.conf
index d8ec089f555..ba74c49f9c7 100644
--- a/mkspecs/common/msvc-version.conf
+++ b/mkspecs/common/msvc-version.conf
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ greaterThan(QMAKE_MSC_VER, 1699) {
     # Visual Studio 2012 (11.0) / Visual C++ 17.0 and up
     MSVC_VER            = 11.0
     COMPAT_MKSPEC       = win32-msvc2012
-    QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_EXCEPTIONS_OFF = -D_HAS_EXCEPTIONS=0
+    QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_EXCEPTIONS_OFF = /wd4530 /wd4577
     QT_CONFIG          += c++11
     CONFIG             += c++11
 }
diff --git a/mkspecs/common/winrt_winphone/qmake.conf b/mkspecs/common/winrt_winphone/qmake.conf
index 2bb6f9bcbd6..0fa9c22e87f 100644
--- a/mkspecs/common/winrt_winphone/qmake.conf
+++ b/mkspecs/common/winrt_winphone/qmake.conf
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_STL_OFF  =
 QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_RTTI_ON  = -GR
 QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_RTTI_OFF =
 QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_EXCEPTIONS_ON = -EHsc
-QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_EXCEPTIONS_OFF = -D_HAS_EXCEPTIONS=0
+QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_EXCEPTIONS_OFF = /wd4530 /wd4577
 
 QMAKE_INCDIR            =