diff --git a/src/Visualization/TKService/Image/Image_AlienPixMap.cxx b/src/Visualization/TKService/Image/Image_AlienPixMap.cxx
index 238efdcc42..94017e63aa 100644
--- a/src/Visualization/TKService/Image/Image_AlienPixMap.cxx
+++ b/src/Visualization/TKService/Image/Image_AlienPixMap.cxx
@@ -19,10 +19,6 @@
 
 #ifdef HAVE_FREEIMAGE
   #include <FreeImage.h>
-
-  #ifdef _MSC_VER
-    #pragma comment(lib, "FreeImage.lib")
-  #endif
 #elif defined(HAVE_WINCODEC)
   #include <wincodec.h>
   // prevent warnings on MSVC10