diff --git a/plugins/obs-vst/VSTPlugin.cpp b/plugins/obs-vst/VSTPlugin.cpp
index fca7dc137..08d4dd432 100644
--- a/plugins/obs-vst/VSTPlugin.cpp
+++ b/plugins/obs-vst/VSTPlugin.cpp
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ void VSTPlugin::createChannelBuffers(size_t count)
 	cleanupChannelBuffers();
 
 	int blocksize = BLOCK_SIZE;
-	numChannels = (std::max)((size_t)0, count);
+	numChannels = std::max((size_t)0, count);
 
 	if (numChannels > 0) {
 		inputs = (float **)bmalloc(sizeof(float *) * numChannels);
@@ -170,8 +170,7 @@ void VSTPlugin::loadEffectFromPath(const std::string &path)
 			return;
 		}
 
-		int maxchans =
-			(std::max)(effect->numInputs, effect->numOutputs);
+		int maxchans = std::max(effect->numInputs, effect->numOutputs);
 		// sanity check
 		if (maxchans < 0 || maxchans > 256) {
 			blog(LOG_WARNING,
diff --git a/plugins/obs-vst/headers/EditorWidget.h b/plugins/obs-vst/headers/EditorWidget.h
index ce14b584a..e20429acd 100644
--- a/plugins/obs-vst/headers/EditorWidget.h
+++ b/plugins/obs-vst/headers/EditorWidget.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #include <QWidget>
 
 #if defined(_WIN32)
+#define NOMINMAX
 #include <QWindow>
 #include <Windows.h>
 #elif defined(__linux__)