diff --git a/engine/wscript b/engine/wscript
index 4e25a2d0..a0a9bad0 100644
--- a/engine/wscript
+++ b/engine/wscript
@@ -127,7 +127,6 @@ def configure(conf):
 	conf.define_cond('XASH_CUSTOM_SWAP', conf.options.CUSTOM_SWAP)
 	conf.define_cond('XASH_ENABLE_MAIN', conf.env.DISABLE_LAUNCHER)
 	conf.define_cond('XASH_NO_ASYNC_NS_RESOLVE', conf.options.NO_ASYNC_RESOLVE)
-	conf.define_cond('SUPPORT_BSP2_FORMAT', conf.options.SUPPORT_BSP2_FORMAT)
 	conf.define_cond('DBGHELP', conf.env.DEST_OS == 'win32')
 	conf.define_cond('PSAPI_VERSION', conf.env.DEST_OS == 'win32') # will be defined as 1
 
diff --git a/ref/gl/wscript b/ref/gl/wscript
index ffcc8845..062830d3 100644
--- a/ref/gl/wscript
+++ b/ref/gl/wscript
@@ -17,13 +17,10 @@ def options(opt):
 	return
 
 def configure(conf):
-	conf.define_cond('SUPPORT_BSP2_FORMAT', conf.options.SUPPORT_BSP2_FORMAT)
-
 	conf.env.GL_STATIC = conf.options.GL_STATIC
 	if conf.env.GL_STATIC:
 		conf.check(lib='GL')
 
-	conf.define('REF_DLL', 1)
 	if conf.env.DEST_OS2 == 'android':
 		conf.check_cc(lib='log')
 
@@ -74,6 +71,6 @@ def build(bld):
 			target = k,
 			includes = includes,
 			use = libs + v['libs'],
-			defines = v['defines'],
+			defines = v['defines'] + ['REF_DLL=1'],
 			install_path = bld.env.LIBDIR,
 			subsystem = bld.env.MSVC_SUBSYSTEM)
diff --git a/ref/soft/wscript b/ref/soft/wscript
index f6529c35..aa7b1374 100644
--- a/ref/soft/wscript
+++ b/ref/soft/wscript
@@ -8,12 +8,10 @@ import os
 top = '.'
 
 def options(opt):
-	# stub
 	return
 
 def configure(conf):
-	conf.define_cond('SUPPORT_BSP2_FORMAT', conf.options.SUPPORT_BSP2_FORMAT)
-	conf.define('REF_DLL', 1)
+	return
 
 def build(bld):
 	libs = [ 'engine_includes', 'werror' ]
@@ -26,6 +24,7 @@ def build(bld):
 	bld.shlib(source   = bld.path.ant_glob('*.c'),
 		target   = 'ref_soft',
 		includes = '.',
+		defines  = 'REF_DLL=1',
 		use      = libs,
 		install_path = bld.env.LIBDIR,
 		subsystem = bld.env.MSVC_SUBSYSTEM
diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index 4a13b4d6..acb66a90 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -375,7 +375,8 @@ def configure(conf):
 	conf.env.ENABLE_UTILS  = conf.options.ENABLE_UTILS
 	conf.env.ENABLE_FUZZER = conf.options.ENABLE_FUZZER
 	conf.env.DEDICATED     = conf.options.DEDICATED
-	conf.env.SUPPORT_BSP2_FORMAT = conf.options.SUPPORT_BSP2_FORMAT
+
+	conf.define_cond('SUPPORT_BSP2_FORMAT', conf.options.SUPPORT_BSP2_FORMAT)
 
 	# disable game_launch compiling on platform where it's not needed
 	conf.env.DISABLE_LAUNCHER = conf.env.DEST_OS in ['android', 'nswitch', 'psvita', 'dos'] or conf.env.MAGX or conf.env.DEDICATED or conf.env.STATIC_LINKING