diff --git a/audio/out/ao_wasapi_changenotify.c b/audio/out/ao_wasapi_changenotify.c
index 661e957bcc..e3ca4e4936 100644
--- a/audio/out/ao_wasapi_changenotify.c
+++ b/audio/out/ao_wasapi_changenotify.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
  * License along with mpv.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
+#include <initguid.h>
 #include <wchar.h>
 
 #include "ao_wasapi.h"
diff --git a/video/decode/d3d11va.c b/video/decode/d3d11va.c
index a20d0e46ec..246a35ec9a 100644
--- a/video/decode/d3d11va.c
+++ b/video/decode/d3d11va.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  * License along with mpv.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
+#include <initguid.h>
 #include <libavcodec/d3d11va.h>
 
 #include "lavc.h"
diff --git a/video/decode/dxva2.c b/video/decode/dxva2.c
index c851859b6b..70623c8fb4 100644
--- a/video/decode/dxva2.c
+++ b/video/decode/dxva2.c
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
  * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
  */
 
+#include <initguid.h>
+
 #define DXVA2API_USE_BITFIELDS
 #include <libavcodec/dxva2.h>
 
diff --git a/video/out/opengl/hwdec_d3d11egl.c b/video/out/opengl/hwdec_d3d11egl.c
index 66df9983d1..32fb42a692 100644
--- a/video/out/opengl/hwdec_d3d11egl.c
+++ b/video/out/opengl/hwdec_d3d11egl.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  * License along with mpv.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
+#include <initguid.h>
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <windows.h>
 #include <d3d11.h>
diff --git a/video/out/w32_common.c b/video/out/w32_common.c
index 042e81b7fe..e858f037aa 100644
--- a/video/out/w32_common.c
+++ b/video/out/w32_common.c
@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@
  * with mpv.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
+#include <initguid.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <limits.h>
 #include <pthread.h>
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <windows.h>
 #include <windowsx.h>
-#include <initguid.h>
 #include <ole2.h>
 #include <shobjidl.h>
 #include <avrt.h>
diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index a4ffce6031..061b14ee61 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ main_dependencies = [
         'name': 'win32',
         'desc': 'win32',
         'deps_any': [ 'os-win32', 'os-cygwin' ],
-        'func': check_cc(lib=['winmm', 'gdi32', 'ole32', 'uuid', 'avrt', 'dwmapi']),
+        'func': check_cc(lib=['winmm', 'gdi32', 'ole32', 'avrt', 'dwmapi']),
     }, {
         'name': '--win32-internal-pthreads',
         'desc': 'internal pthread wrapper for win32 (Vista+)',