diff --git a/src/conf/checkpoint_conf.c b/src/conf/checkpoint_conf.c
index 5ce4cc4853..5f4c275dd8 100644
--- a/src/conf/checkpoint_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/checkpoint_conf.c
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@
 
 #include <config.h>
 
-#include <unistd.h>
-
 #include "configmake.h"
 #include "internal.h"
 #include "virbitmap.h"
diff --git a/src/util/viratomic.h b/src/util/viratomic.h
index 35800dafcd..c6e7668324 100644
--- a/src/util/viratomic.h
+++ b/src/util/viratomic.h
@@ -218,7 +218,10 @@ VIR_STATIC unsigned int virAtomicIntXor(volatile unsigned int *atomic,
 
 # ifdef VIR_ATOMIC_OPS_WIN32
 
+#  pragma push_macro("DATADIR") /* If "configmake.h" was included first */
+#  undef DATADIR
 #  include <winsock2.h>
+#  pragma pop_macro("DATADIR")
 #  include <windows.h>
 #  include <intrin.h>
 #  if !defined(_M_AMD64) && !defined (_M_IA64) && !defined(_M_X64)