diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ce9a29032..306959e24 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -72,8 +72,6 @@ if (NOT MSVC)
 
     if (MINGW)
         add_definitions(-DMINGW_HAS_SECURE_API)
-        # Microprofile causes crashes when launching titles on MinGW
-        add_definitions(-DMICROPROFILE_ENABLED=0)
 
         if (MINGW_STATIC_BUILD)
             add_definitions(-DQT_STATICPLUGIN)
diff --git a/externals/microprofile/microprofile.h b/externals/microprofile/microprofile.h
index f45c9ba82..384863ccc 100644
--- a/externals/microprofile/microprofile.h
+++ b/externals/microprofile/microprofile.h
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ typedef uint64_t ThreadIdType;
 int64_t MicroProfileGetTick();
 #define MP_TICK() MicroProfileGetTick()
 #define MP_BREAK() __debugbreak()
-#define MP_THREAD_LOCAL __declspec(thread)
+#define MP_THREAD_LOCAL thread_local
 #define MP_STRCASECMP _stricmp
 #define MP_GETCURRENTTHREADID() GetCurrentThreadId()
 typedef uint32_t ThreadIdType;