diff --git a/far/far.vcxproj b/far/far.vcxproj
index a7890b471f..b139b0a34f 100644
--- a/far/far.vcxproj
+++ b/far/far.vcxproj
@@ -109,7 +109,6 @@ if not exist $(BootstrapDir) mkdir $(BootstrapDir)</Command>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpplatest</LanguageStandard>
       <LanguageStandard_C>stdc17</LanguageStandard_C>
       <ConformanceMode>true</ConformanceMode>
-      <DebugInformationFormat>EditAndContinue</DebugInformationFormat>
       <UseFullPaths>false</UseFullPaths>
     </ClCompile>
     <ResourceCompile>
@@ -132,6 +131,7 @@ if not exist $(BootstrapDir) mkdir $(BootstrapDir)</Command>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
+      <DebugInformationFormat>ProgramDatabase</DebugInformationFormat>
     </ClCompile>
     <ResourceCompile>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ if not exist $(BootstrapDir) mkdir $(BootstrapDir)</Command>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_DEBUG;ENABLE_TESTS;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <SupportJustMyCode>true</SupportJustMyCode>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
+      <DebugInformationFormat>EditAndContinue</DebugInformationFormat>
     </ClCompile>
     <ResourceCompile>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_DEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>