diff --git a/Modules/itertoolsmodule.c b/Modules/itertoolsmodule.c
index 8fe484a..33172b6 100644
--- a/Modules/itertoolsmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/itertoolsmodule.c
@@ -2073,9 +2073,9 @@
 static PyObject *
 count_next(countobject *lz)
 {
-        if (lz->cnt == LONG_MAX) {
+        if (lz->cnt == PY_SSIZE_T_MAX) {
                 PyErr_SetString(PyExc_OverflowError,
-                        "cannot count beyond LONG_MAX");                
+                        "cannot count beyond PY_SSIZE_T_MAX");                
                 return NULL;         
         }
 	return PyInt_FromSsize_t(lz->cnt++);
diff --git a/Modules/posixmodule.c b/Modules/posixmodule.c
index a63a77a..2b62983 100644
--- a/Modules/posixmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/posixmodule.c
@@ -263,7 +263,6 @@
 #include <process.h>
 #endif
 #include "osdefs.h"
-#define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0400	  /* Needed for CryptoAPI on some systems */
 #include <windows.h>
 #include <shellapi.h>	/* for ShellExecute() */
 #define popen	_popen