diff --git a/ChangeLog.d/bugfix.txt b/ChangeLog.d/bugfix.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5bf0aeb72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ChangeLog.d/bugfix.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Bugfix
+   * Fix the Visual Studio Release x64 build configuration for mbedtls itself.
+     Completes a previous fix in Mbed TLS 2.16 that only fixed the build for
+     the example programs. Reported in #1430 and fix contributed by irwir.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/data_files/vs2010-main-template.vcxproj b/scripts/data_files/vs2010-main-template.vcxproj
index d93ace7ad..b0105bdf9 100644
--- a/scripts/data_files/vs2010-main-template.vcxproj
+++ b/scripts/data_files/vs2010-main-template.vcxproj
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
     <UseDebugLibraries>false</UseDebugLibraries>
     <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
-    <PlatformToolset>Windows7.1SDK</PlatformToolset>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">
diff --git a/visualc/VS2010/mbedTLS.vcxproj b/visualc/VS2010/mbedTLS.vcxproj
index d50821cf9..3eeea8ce2 100644
--- a/visualc/VS2010/mbedTLS.vcxproj
+++ b/visualc/VS2010/mbedTLS.vcxproj
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
     <UseDebugLibraries>false</UseDebugLibraries>
     <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
-    <PlatformToolset>Windows7.1SDK</PlatformToolset>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">