diff --git a/ports/windows/msvc/common.props b/ports/windows/msvc/common.props
index 7700d9f09..d949e3df4 100644
--- a/ports/windows/msvc/common.props
+++ b/ports/windows/msvc/common.props
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <PyVariant Condition="'$(PyVariant)' == ''">standard</PyVariant>
     <PyBuild Condition="'$(PyBuild)' == ''">build-$(PyVariant)</PyBuild>
+    <PyProg Condition="'$(PyProg)' == ''">micropython</PyProg>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets">
     <Import Project="paths.props" Condition="'$(PyPathsIncluded)' != 'True'"/>
diff --git a/ports/windows/variants/dev/mpconfigvariant.props b/ports/windows/variants/dev/mpconfigvariant.props
index 0f7abf781..14ce01a81 100644
--- a/ports/windows/variants/dev/mpconfigvariant.props
+++ b/ports/windows/variants/dev/mpconfigvariant.props
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003" ToolsVersion="14.0">
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <PyProg>micropython-dev</PyProg>
-  </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
     <ClCompile>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>%(PreprocessorDefinitions);MICROPY_ROM_TEXT_COMPRESSION=1</PreprocessorDefinitions>
diff --git a/ports/windows/variants/standard/mpconfigvariant.props b/ports/windows/variants/standard/mpconfigvariant.props
index 3cbb1821f..9296da44b 100644
--- a/ports/windows/variants/standard/mpconfigvariant.props
+++ b/ports/windows/variants/standard/mpconfigvariant.props
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003" ToolsVersion="14.0">
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <PyProg>micropython</PyProg>
-  </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>