diff --git a/etc/visual-studio/libopenthread-windows.vcxproj b/etc/visual-studio/libopenthread-windows.vcxproj
index 28a0914d6..b3d924bcd 100644
--- a/etc/visual-studio/libopenthread-windows.vcxproj
+++ b/etc/visual-studio/libopenthread-windows.vcxproj
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
       <WarningLevel>Level3</WarningLevel>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>
         %(PreprocessorDefinitions);
+        _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;
         OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_FILE="openthread-windows-config.h";
         OTBUILD;
       </PreprocessorDefinitions>
diff --git a/examples/platforms/posix/platform-posix.h b/examples/platforms/posix/platform-posix.h
index a13098d65..91e281f14 100644
--- a/examples/platforms/posix/platform-posix.h
+++ b/examples/platforms/posix/platform-posix.h
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
 #endif
 
 #if _WIN32
-#define _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS
 #include <WinSock2.h>
 #include <WS2tcpip.h>
 #include <windows.h>
diff --git a/include/openthread-windows-config.h b/include/openthread-windows-config.h
index 52726ec0b..6440daf4b 100644
--- a/include/openthread-windows-config.h
+++ b/include/openthread-windows-config.h
@@ -98,9 +98,6 @@
 // Redefine rand to random for test code
 #define random rand
 
-// Temporary !!! TODO - Remove this once we figure out the strncpy issue
-#define _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS
-
 #ifdef OTBUILD
 #include <strlcat/strlcat.h>
 #include <strlcpy/strlcpy.h>
diff --git a/src/ncp/ncp_uart.cpp b/src/ncp/ncp_uart.cpp
index 1b66164af..10d04901a 100644
--- a/src/ncp/ncp_uart.cpp
+++ b/src/ncp/ncp_uart.cpp
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ void NcpUart::HandleError(ThreadError aError, uint8_t *aBuf, uint16_t aBufLength
 
     // We can get away with sprintf because we know
     // `hexbuf` is large enough.
-    sprintf(hexbuf, "Framing error %d: [", aError);
+    snprintf(hexbuf, sizeof(hexbuf), "Framing error %d: [", aError);
 
     // Write out the first part of our log message.
     otNcpStreamWrite(0, reinterpret_cast<uint8_t*>(hexbuf), static_cast<int>(strlen(hexbuf)));
@@ -235,12 +235,12 @@ void NcpUart::HandleError(ThreadError aError, uint8_t *aBuf, uint16_t aBufLength
         // We can get away with sprintf because we know
         // `hexbuf` is large enough, based on our calculations
         // above.
-        sprintf(&hexbuf[i*3], " %02X", static_cast<uint8_t>(aBuf[i]));
+        snprintf(&hexbuf[i*3], sizeof(hexbuf) - i*3, " %02X", static_cast<uint8_t>(aBuf[i]));
     }
 
     // Append a final closing bracket and newline character
     // so our log line looks nice.
-    sprintf(&hexbuf[i*3], "]\n");
+    snprintf(&hexbuf[i*3], sizeof(hexbuf) - i*3, "]\n");
 
     // Write out the second part of our log message.
     // We skip the first byte since it has a space in it.