diff --git a/src/windows/qmkrecoll/librecoll.pro b/src/windows/qmkrecoll/librecoll.pro
index 0ba15dd3..2e267e53 100644
--- a/src/windows/qmkrecoll/librecoll.pro
+++ b/src/windows/qmkrecoll/librecoll.pro
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ windows {
     CONFIG += staticlib
     DEFINES += USING_STATIC_LIBICONV
     INCLUDEPATH += ../../windows \
-      $$RECOLLDEPS/msvc/xapian-core-1.4.15/include \
+      $$RECOLLDEPS/msvc/xapian-core/include \
       $$RECOLLDEPS/msvc/zlib-1.2.11/ \
       $$RECOLLDEPS/msvc/libxslt/libxslt-1.1.29/ \
       $$RECOLLDEPS/msvc/libxml2/libxml2-2.9.4+dfsg1/include \
diff --git a/src/windows/qmkrecoll/libxapian.pro b/src/windows/qmkrecoll/libxapian.pro
index df191341..c7c6acad 100644
--- a/src/windows/qmkrecoll/libxapian.pro
+++ b/src/windows/qmkrecoll/libxapian.pro
@@ -4,11 +4,10 @@ TARGET = libxapian
 TEMPLATE = lib
 
 DEFINES += __WIN32__
-DEFINES -= _UNICODE
-DEFINES -= UNICODE
+DEFINES += UNICODE
 DEFINES += HAVE_CONFIG_H
 
-XAPIANDIR = ../../../../recolldeps/msvc/xapian-core-1.4.15/
+XAPIANDIR = ../../../../recolldeps/msvc/xapian-core/
 
 SOURCES += \
 $$XAPIANDIR/api/compactor.cc \