diff --git a/adb/Android.mk b/adb/Android.mk
index 4ffb589e3..f3a482283 100644
--- a/adb/Android.mk
+++ b/adb/Android.mk
@@ -96,9 +96,6 @@ LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES := libcrypto_static
 
 ifeq ($(HOST_OS),windows)
     LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += development/host/windows/usb/api/
-    # Windows.h defines an awful ERROR macro that collides with base/logging.h.
-    # Suppress it with NOGDI.
-    LOCAL_CFLAGS += -DNOGDI
 endif
 
 include $(BUILD_HOST_STATIC_LIBRARY)
@@ -165,9 +162,6 @@ ifeq ($(HOST_OS),darwin)
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(HOST_OS),windows)
-    # Windows.h defines an awful ERROR macro that collides with base/logging.h.
-    # Suppress it with NOGDI.
-    LOCAL_CFLAGS += -DNOGDI
     LOCAL_LDLIBS += -lws2_32 -lgdi32
     EXTRA_STATIC_LIBS := AdbWinApi
 endif
diff --git a/adb/adb_auth_host.cpp b/adb/adb_auth_host.cpp
index 558151615..61a377737 100644
--- a/adb/adb_auth_host.cpp
+++ b/adb/adb_auth_host.cpp
@@ -16,11 +16,6 @@
 
 #define TRACE_TAG TRACE_AUTH
 
-#ifdef _WIN32
-// This blocks some definitions we need on Windows.
-#undef NOGDI
-#endif
-
 #include "sysdeps.h"
 #include "adb_auth.h"
 
diff --git a/adb/sysdeps_win32.cpp b/adb/sysdeps_win32.cpp
index b7962b92b..a21272fb4 100644
--- a/adb/sysdeps_win32.cpp
+++ b/adb/sysdeps_win32.cpp
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@
 
 #define TRACE_TAG TRACE_SYSDEPS
 
-// For whatever reason this blocks the definition of ToAscii...
-#undef NOGDI
-
 #include "sysdeps.h"
 
 #include <winsock2.h> /* winsock.h *must* be included before windows.h. */
diff --git a/base/include/base/logging.h b/base/include/base/logging.h
index 4a15f4305..283a7bc90 100644
--- a/base/include/base/logging.h
+++ b/base/include/base/logging.h
@@ -13,18 +13,15 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-
 #ifndef BASE_LOGGING_H
 #define BASE_LOGGING_H
 
-#ifdef ERROR
-#error ERROR is already defined. If this is Windows code, #define NOGDI before \
-including anything.
-#endif
-
+// NOTE: For Windows, you must include logging.h after windows.h to allow the
+// following code to suppress the evil ERROR macro:
 #ifdef _WIN32
-#ifndef NOGDI
-#define NOGDI // Suppress the evil ERROR macro.
+// windows.h includes wingdi.h which defines an evil macro ERROR.
+#ifdef ERROR
+#undef ERROR
 #endif
 #endif
 
diff --git a/base/logging.cpp b/base/logging.cpp
index 7a08c39f2..34229a2f8 100644
--- a/base/logging.cpp
+++ b/base/logging.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+#ifdef _WIN32
+#include <windows.h>
+#endif
+
 #include "base/logging.h"
 
 #include <libgen.h>
@@ -34,8 +38,6 @@
 
 #ifndef _WIN32
 #include <mutex>
-#else
-#include <windows.h>
 #endif
 
 #include "base/macros.h"