diff --git a/imperative/CMakeLists.txt b/imperative/CMakeLists.txt
index 8561187d53963f3e0da8cceb81f4754b6fb2c087..cf1a8c354511646351722dc61ac22d4143f4264e 100644
--- a/imperative/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/imperative/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ if (APPLE)
     target_link_libraries(${MODULE_NAME} PRIVATE megengine_shared)
 elseif (MSVC OR WIN32)
     target_link_libraries(${MODULE_NAME} PRIVATE megengine_shared)
-    target_compile_definitions(${MODULE_NAME} PRIVATE MGE_DLL_IMPORT_DATA)
     message(STATUS "CMAKE_MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY: ${CMAKE_MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY}")
     set_target_properties(${MODULE_NAME} PROPERTIES MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY "${CMAKE_MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY}")
 else()
diff --git a/lite/CMakeLists.txt b/lite/CMakeLists.txt
index da465388387d19522edad0f02007def1ad131ac3..b0966ea892761226d81288b398418410ec5ecc17 100644
--- a/lite/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lite/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -46,9 +46,6 @@ include_directories($<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/genfiles>)
 if(LITE_BUILD_WITH_MGE)
     target_link_libraries(lite_static PRIVATE megbrain megdnn ${MGE_CUDA_LIBS})
     add_compile_definitions(LITE_BUILD_WITH_MGE=1)
-    if(WIN32 OR MSVC)
-        target_compile_definitions(lite_static PRIVATE MGE_DLL_IMPORT_DATA)
-    endif()
     message(STATUS "build lite with MegEngine.")
 else()
     target_link_libraries(lite_static PUBLIC flatbuffers)
@@ -83,9 +80,6 @@ if(LITE_BUILD_WITH_MGE)
     else()
         target_link_libraries(lite_shared_whl PRIVATE megengine_shared)
     endif()
-    if(WIN32 OR MSVC)
-        target_compile_definitions(lite_shared_whl PRIVATE MGE_DLL_IMPORT_DATA)
-    endif()
 endif()
 if(ANDROID)
     target_link_libraries(lite_shared_whl PRIVATE log)
diff --git a/lite/load_and_run/CMakeLists.txt b/lite/load_and_run/CMakeLists.txt
index ad50c715e58793d40bb849ae3969caa430f53167..d7b5b9d9159e30cef189a50c40f2265f09acbf61 100644
--- a/lite/load_and_run/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lite/load_and_run/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -33,10 +33,6 @@ if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
     target_link_libraries(load_and_run_depends_shared gflags)
     target_link_libraries(load_and_run_depends_shared megengine)
 
-    if(WIN32 OR MSVC)
-        target_compile_definitions(load_and_run_depends_shared PRIVATE MGE_DLL_IMPORT_DATA)
-    endif()
-
     if(LITE_BUILD_WITH_RKNPU)
         #rknn sdk1.0.0 depend on libc++_shared, use gold to remove NEEDED so symbol check
         target_link_options(load_and_run_depends_shared  PRIVATE "-fuse-ld=gold")
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 3a834015218f215dc60bffa9e44b70fed9a5ea3b..57664c7472b5ba8782d594f84ade1fb2ba80fb6d 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -224,10 +224,6 @@ if(WIN32 OR MSVC)
     target_compile_definitions(megdnn PRIVATE MGE_DLL_EXPORT)
     target_compile_definitions(megengine PRIVATE MGE_DLL_EXPORT)
     target_compile_definitions(megengine_shared PRIVATE MGE_DLL_EXPORT)
-    target_compile_definitions(megbrain PRIVATE MGE_DLL_EXPORT_DATA)
-    target_compile_definitions(megdnn PRIVATE MGE_DLL_EXPORT_DATA)
-    target_compile_definitions(megengine PRIVATE MGE_DLL_EXPORT_DATA)
-    target_compile_definitions(megengine_shared PRIVATE MGE_DLL_EXPORT_DATA)
     # please do not use WINDOWS_EXPORT_ALL_SYMBOLS, as symbols max than 65535 when build with CUDA
     #set_target_properties(megengine PROPERTIES WINDOWS_EXPORT_ALL_SYMBOLS TRUE)
     #set_target_properties(megengine_shared PROPERTIES WINDOWS_EXPORT_ALL_SYMBOLS TRUE)
diff --git a/src/megbrain_build_config.h.in b/src/megbrain_build_config.h.in
index 3be29df3f211eaaedb69dc0490d684e5601dc84b..d0e31de29d0b22f660f2621f23bf9ef3cf42253a 100644
--- a/src/megbrain_build_config.h.in
+++ b/src/megbrain_build_config.h.in
@@ -253,22 +253,16 @@
 #ifdef WIN32
 #ifdef MGE_DLL_EXPORT
 #define MGE_WIN_DECLSPEC_FUC __declspec(dllexport)
-#else
+#define MGE_WIN_DECLSPEC_DATA __declspec(dllexport)
+#elif defined(MGE_WINDOWS_STATIC_LINK)
 #define MGE_WIN_DECLSPEC_FUC
-#endif
+#define MGE_WIN_DECLSPEC_DATA
 #else
 #define MGE_WIN_DECLSPEC_FUC
-#endif
-
-#ifdef WIN32
-#if defined(MGE_DLL_EXPORT_DATA)
-#define MGE_WIN_DECLSPEC_DATA __declspec(dllexport)
-#elif defined(MGE_DLL_IMPORT_DATA)
 #define MGE_WIN_DECLSPEC_DATA __declspec(dllimport)
-#else
-#define MGE_WIN_DECLSPEC_DATA
 #endif
 #else
+#define MGE_WIN_DECLSPEC_FUC
 #define MGE_WIN_DECLSPEC_DATA
 #endif
 
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 2b13c9b45c91528802847586075f6b81ccb7ca19..dd4b2c7e3e9957ad75adf2b24daf07c5bbaf1a48 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ if (MGE_WITH_CUDA AND MGE_WITH_TRT)
 endif()
 
 add_executable(megbrain_test ${SOURCES})
+if(WIN32 OR MSVC)
+    target_compile_definitions(megbrain_test PRIVATE MGE_WINDOWS_STATIC_LINK)
+endif()
 target_link_libraries(megbrain_test gtest gmock)
 target_link_libraries(megbrain_test megbrain megdnn ${MGE_CUDA_LIBS})
 if (MGE_WITH_CUDA)