diff --git a/desktop_version/CMakeLists.txt b/desktop_version/CMakeLists.txt
index b1639a62..fbb33fef 100644
--- a/desktop_version/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/desktop_version/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -295,8 +295,10 @@ if(MSVC)
     string(REPLACE "/GR" "" CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}")
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} /GR-")
 
-    set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} /utf-8")
-    set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} /utf-8")
+    if(MSVC_VERSION GREATER 1900)
+        set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} /utf-8")
+        set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} /utf-8")
+    endif()
 else()
     string(REGEX REPLACE "-std=[a-z0-9]+" "" CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS}")
     set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -std=c99")