diff --git a/Modules/Platform/Windows-Intel.cmake b/Modules/Platform/Windows-Intel.cmake
index 58da8c56d..8a9d630f6 100644
--- a/Modules/Platform/Windows-Intel.cmake
+++ b/Modules/Platform/Windows-Intel.cmake
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ elseif(MSVC_CXX_ARCHITECTURE_ID)
 elseif(MSVC_Fortran_ARCHITECTURE_ID)
   set(_MACHINE_ARCH_FLAG "/machine:${MSVC_Fortran_ARCHITECTURE_ID}")
 endif()
-set (CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_INIT "/STACK:10000000 /INCREMENTAL:YES ${_MACHINE_ARCH_FLAG}")
+set (CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_INIT "/INCREMENTAL:YES ${_MACHINE_ARCH_FLAG}")
 set (CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_DEBUG_INIT "/debug")
 set (CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO_INIT "/debug")
 
diff --git a/Modules/Platform/Windows-MSVC.cmake b/Modules/Platform/Windows-MSVC.cmake
index 32dd54631..5cbf9ee6b 100644
--- a/Modules/Platform/Windows-MSVC.cmake
+++ b/Modules/Platform/Windows-MSVC.cmake
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_LIBRARIES_INIT "${CMAKE_C_STANDARD_LIBRARIES_INIT}")
 
 # executable linker flags
 set (CMAKE_LINK_DEF_FILE_FLAG "/DEF:")
-# set the stack size and the machine type
+# set the machine type
 set(_MACHINE_ARCH_FLAG ${MSVC_C_ARCHITECTURE_ID})
 if(NOT _MACHINE_ARCH_FLAG)
   set(_MACHINE_ARCH_FLAG ${MSVC_CXX_ARCHITECTURE_ID})
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "WindowsCE")
   endif()
 endif()
 set (CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_INIT
-    "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_INIT} /STACK:10000000 /machine:${_MACHINE_ARCH_FLAG}")
+    "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_INIT} /machine:${_MACHINE_ARCH_FLAG}")
 
 # add /debug and /INCREMENTAL:YES to DEBUG and RELWITHDEBINFO also add pdbtype
 # on versions that support it