diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/CMakeLists.txt b/rpcs3/Emu/CMakeLists.txt
index 3769071ad7..8754df84c1 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -666,6 +666,7 @@ target_link_libraries(rpcs3_emu
         3rdparty::yaml-cpp
         3rdparty::zlib
         3rdparty::zstd
+        3rdparty::libcurl
 )
 
 if(APPLE)
diff --git a/rpcs3/rpcs3.vcxproj b/rpcs3/rpcs3.vcxproj
index d8d5053179..a824f65267 100644
--- a/rpcs3/rpcs3.vcxproj
+++ b/rpcs3/rpcs3.vcxproj
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
       <DisableSpecificWarnings>4577;4467;4281;%(DisableSpecificWarnings)</DisableSpecificWarnings>
       <ObjectFileName>$(IntDir)</ObjectFileName>
       <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>_WINDOWS;UNICODE;WIN32;WIN64;WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN;HAVE_VULKAN;HAVE_OPENCV;CV_IGNORE_DEBUG_BUILD_GUARD;MINIUPNP_STATICLIB;ZLIB_CONST;AL_LIBTYPE_STATIC;WOLFSSL_USER_SETTINGS;HAVE_SDL3;WITH_DISCORD_RPC;QT_NO_DEBUG;QT_WIDGETS_LIB;QT_GUI_LIB;QT_CORE_LIB;NDEBUG;QT_CONCURRENT_LIB;QT_MULTIMEDIA_LIB;QT_MULTIMEDIAWIDGETS_LIB;QT_SVG_LIB;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>_WINDOWS;UNICODE;WIN32;WIN64;WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN;HAVE_VULKAN;HAVE_OPENCV;CV_IGNORE_DEBUG_BUILD_GUARD;MINIUPNP_STATICLIB;ZLIB_CONST;AL_LIBTYPE_STATIC;WOLFSSL_USER_SETTINGS;HAVE_SDL3;WITH_DISCORD_RPC;QT_NO_DEBUG;QT_WIDGETS_LIB;QT_GUI_LIB;QT_CORE_LIB;NDEBUG;QT_CONCURRENT_LIB;QT_MULTIMEDIA_LIB;QT_MULTIMEDIAWIDGETS_LIB;QT_SVG_LIB;CURL_STATICLIB;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <PreprocessToFile>false</PreprocessToFile>
       <ProgramDataBaseFileName>$(IntDir)vc$(PlatformToolsetVersion).pdb</ProgramDataBaseFileName>
       <RuntimeTypeInfo>true</RuntimeTypeInfo>
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
       <DisableSpecificWarnings>4577;4467;4281;%(DisableSpecificWarnings)</DisableSpecificWarnings>
       <ObjectFileName>$(IntDir)</ObjectFileName>
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>_WINDOWS;UNICODE;WIN32;WIN64;WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN;HAVE_VULKAN;HAVE_OPENCV;CV_IGNORE_DEBUG_BUILD_GUARD;MINIUPNP_STATICLIB;ZLIB_CONST;AL_LIBTYPE_STATIC;WOLFSSL_USER_SETTINGS;HAVE_SDL3;QT_WIDGETS_LIB;QT_GUI_LIB;QT_CORE_LIB;QT_CONCURRENT_LIB;QT_MULTIMEDIA_LIB;QT_MULTIMEDIAWIDGETS_LIB;QT_SVG_LIB;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>_WINDOWS;UNICODE;WIN32;WIN64;WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN;HAVE_VULKAN;HAVE_OPENCV;CV_IGNORE_DEBUG_BUILD_GUARD;MINIUPNP_STATICLIB;ZLIB_CONST;AL_LIBTYPE_STATIC;WOLFSSL_USER_SETTINGS;HAVE_SDL3;QT_WIDGETS_LIB;QT_GUI_LIB;QT_CORE_LIB;QT_CONCURRENT_LIB;QT_MULTIMEDIA_LIB;QT_MULTIMEDIAWIDGETS_LIB;QT_SVG_LIB;CURL_STATICLIB;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <PreprocessToFile>false</PreprocessToFile>
       <RuntimeTypeInfo>true</RuntimeTypeInfo>
       <SuppressStartupBanner>true</SuppressStartupBanner>
@@ -2230,4 +2230,4 @@
       <UserProperties MocDir=".\QTGeneratedFiles\$(ConfigurationName)" Qt5Version_x0020_x64="$(DefaultQtVersion)" RccDir=".\QTGeneratedFiles" UicDir=".\QTGeneratedFiles" />
     </VisualStudio>
   </ProjectExtensions>
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Project>
diff --git a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/curl_handle.h b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/curl_handle.h
index e0d4db22d3..090c198215 100644
--- a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/curl_handle.h
+++ b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/curl_handle.h
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@
 
 #include <array>
 
-#ifndef CURL_STATICLIB
-#define CURL_STATICLIB
-#endif
 #include <curl/curl.h>
 
 namespace rpcs3::curl