diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c76394eac..bdad282b7 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ if(UNIX)
 	set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -std=c99 -O2 -fPIC")
 elseif(MSVC)
 	# Set MSVC-specific optimization flags and skip warning for invalid conversion from size_t to uint32_t for all targets below
-	add_compile_options("/GS" "/permissive-" "/WX" "/sdl" "/wd4267" "/utf-8")
+	add_compile_options("/GS" "/permissive-" "/W3" "/wd4267" "/utf-8")
 elseif(WIN32)
 	add_compile_definitions(_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS)
 endif()