diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 85fa2b354..cb5586a97 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -757,15 +757,11 @@ endif()
 
 if (WITH_RENDER_DX11)
   if (WIN32)
-    if (SUPPORT_XP)
-      message(FATAL_ERROR "SUPPORT_XP is on. cannot enable DirectX 11 backend.")
-    else()
-      list(APPEND GUI_SOURCES src/gui/render/renderDX11.cpp)
-      list(APPEND GUI_SOURCES extern/imgui_patched/backends/imgui_impl_dx11.cpp)
-      list(APPEND DEPENDENCIES_DEFINES HAVE_RENDER_DX11)
-      list(APPEND DEPENDENCIES_LIBRARIES d3d11)
-      message(STATUS "UI render backend: DirectX 11")
-    endif()
+    list(APPEND GUI_SOURCES src/gui/render/renderDX11.cpp)
+    list(APPEND GUI_SOURCES extern/imgui_patched/backends/imgui_impl_dx11.cpp)
+    list(APPEND DEPENDENCIES_DEFINES HAVE_RENDER_DX11)
+    list(APPEND DEPENDENCIES_LIBRARIES d3d11)
+    message(STATUS "UI render backend: DirectX 11")
   else()
     message(FATAL_ERROR "DirectX 11 render backend only for Windows!")
   endif()
diff --git a/scripts/release-win32.sh b/scripts/release-win32.sh
index fc056f5ec..21595dc4b 100755
--- a/scripts/release-win32.sh
+++ b/scripts/release-win32.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ fi
 cd win32build
 
 # TODO: potential Arch-ism?
-i686-w64-mingw32-cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="-O2" -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-O2 -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-cast-function-type -Werror" -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF -DSUPPORT_XP=ON -DWITH_RENDER_DX11=OFF .. || exit 1
+i686-w64-mingw32-cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="-O2" -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-O2 -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-cast-function-type -Werror" -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF -DSUPPORT_XP=ON -DWITH_RENDER_DX11=ON .. || exit 1
 make -j8 || exit 1
 
 cd ..