diff --git a/projects/openrct2.vcxproj b/projects/openrct2.vcxproj
index 090335e301..4aa7770319 100644
--- a/projects/openrct2.vcxproj
+++ b/projects/openrct2.vcxproj
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
       <StructMemberAlignment>1Byte</StructMemberAlignment>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;HAVE_CONFIG_H;_USE_MATH_DEFINES;CURL_STATICLIB;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;HAVE_CONFIG_H;_CURL_STATICLIB;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
       <MultiProcessorCompilation>true</MultiProcessorCompilation>
       <ObjectFileName>$(IntDir)fake\%(RelativeDir)</ObjectFileName>
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ xcopy /YS "$(SolutionDir)\..\Data" "$(TargetDir)\Data"</Command>
       <OmitFramePointers>
       </OmitFramePointers>
       <BufferSecurityCheck>false</BufferSecurityCheck>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;HAVE_CONFIG_H;_USE_MATH_DEFINES;CURL_STATICLIB;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;HAVE_CONFIG_H;CURL_STATICLIB;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <ObjectFileName>$(IntDir)fake\%(RelativeDir)</ObjectFileName>
       <MultiProcessorCompilation>true</MultiProcessorCompilation>
       <FavorSizeOrSpeed>Speed</FavorSizeOrSpeed>
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ xcopy /YS "$(SolutionDir)\..\Data" "$(TargetDir)\Data"</Command>
       <OmitFramePointers>
       </OmitFramePointers>
       <BufferSecurityCheck>false</BufferSecurityCheck>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;HAVE_CONFIG_H;_USE_MATH_DEFINES;CURL_STATICLIB;ENABLE_TESTS;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;HAVE_CONFIG_H;CURL_STATICLIB;ENABLE_TESTS;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <ObjectFileName>$(IntDir)fake\%(RelativeDir)</ObjectFileName>
       <MultiProcessorCompilation>true</MultiProcessorCompilation>
     </ClCompile>
diff --git a/src/network/network.cpp b/src/network/network.cpp
index f3db7eaab8..e935e4513f 100644
--- a/src/network/network.cpp
+++ b/src/network/network.cpp
@@ -22,16 +22,15 @@
 
 #include <math.h>
 #include <set>
+#include "network.h"
 extern "C" {
 #include "../addresses.h"
-#include "../common.h"
 #include "../game.h"
 #include "../localisation/date.h"
 #include "../localisation/localisation.h"
 #include "../management/news_item.h"
 #include "../scenario.h"
 }
-#include "network.h"
 
 #pragma comment(lib, "Ws2_32.lib")
 
@@ -51,21 +50,17 @@ struct GameCommand
 	}
 };
 
-static network_packet* _packetQueue = NULL;
 static int _wsaInitialised = 0;
 static WSADATA _wsaData;
 static SOCKET _listeningSocket = INVALID_SOCKET;
 static SOCKET _serverSocket = INVALID_SOCKET;
 static SOCKET _clientSocket = INVALID_SOCKET;
-static network_packet _inboundPacket;
 static std::vector<uint8> _chunkBuffer;
 static NetworkConnection _serverConnection;
 static std::list<std::unique_ptr<NetworkConnection>> _clientConnectionList;
 static std::multiset<GameCommand> _gameCommandQueue;
 
 static void network_process_packet(NetworkPacket& packet);
-static int network_send_packet(network_packet *packet);
-static void network_send_queued_packets();
 
 NetworkPacket::NetworkPacket()
 {
@@ -76,12 +71,12 @@ NetworkPacket::NetworkPacket()
 
 std::unique_ptr<NetworkPacket> NetworkPacket::AllocatePacket()
 {
-	return std::move(std::make_unique<NetworkPacket>());
+	return std::move(std::unique_ptr<NetworkPacket>(new NetworkPacket)); // change to make_unique in c++14
 }
 
 std::unique_ptr<NetworkPacket> NetworkPacket::DuplicatePacket(NetworkPacket& packet)
 {
-	return std::move(std::make_unique<NetworkPacket>(packet));
+	return std::move(std::unique_ptr<NetworkPacket>(new NetworkPacket(packet))); // change to make_unique in c++14
 }
 
 uint8* NetworkPacket::GetData()
@@ -300,7 +295,7 @@ void network_end_server()
 void network_add_client(SOCKET socket)
 {
 	printf("New client connection\n");
-	auto networkconnection = std::make_unique<NetworkConnection>();
+	auto networkconnection = std::unique_ptr<NetworkConnection>(new NetworkConnection);  // change to make_unique in c++14
 	networkconnection->socket = socket;
 	_clientConnectionList.push_back(std::move(networkconnection));
 }
diff --git a/src/network/network.h b/src/network/network.h
index d2f1d67837..09f96dbbda 100644
--- a/src/network/network.h
+++ b/src/network/network.h
@@ -23,13 +23,16 @@
 
 #ifndef DISABLE_NETWORK
 
-#include "../common.h"
-
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 
 #include <list>
 #include <memory>
 #include <vector>
+#include <SDL.h>
+extern "C" {
+#include "../common.h"
+#include "../platform/platform.h"
+}
 
 class NetworkPacket
 {
@@ -66,15 +69,6 @@ private:
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
-typedef struct network_packet network_packet;
-
-typedef struct network_packet {
-	uint16 size;
-	uint8* data;
-	int read;
-	network_packet* next;
-} network_packet;
-
 #define NETWORK_DEFAULT_PORT 11753
 
 enum {