diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a0f8d23bbaab9..ebae5d2583eea 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -112,3 +112,4 @@ oprofile_data/
 /tools/bin
 /tools/GSDumpGUI/bin
 /tools/GSDumpGUI/obj
+/.vs
diff --git a/common/include/Pcsx2Defs.h b/common/include/Pcsx2Defs.h
index dd3ea4fcfe718..e941b0ae2014e 100644
--- a/common/include/Pcsx2Defs.h
+++ b/common/include/Pcsx2Defs.h
@@ -168,7 +168,6 @@ static const int __pagesize = PCSX2_PAGESIZE;
 #define PCSX2_ALIGNED16_EXTERN(x) extern __declspec(align(16)) x
 
 #define __noinline __declspec(noinline)
-#define __threadlocal __declspec(thread)
 
 // Don't know if there are Visual C++ equivalents of these.
 #define likely(x) (!!(x))
@@ -216,7 +215,6 @@ static const int __pagesize = PCSX2_PAGESIZE;
 #ifndef __noinline
 #define __noinline __attribute__((noinline))
 #endif
-#define __threadlocal __thread
 #define likely(x) __builtin_expect(!!(x), 1)
 #define unlikely(x) __builtin_expect(!!(x), 0)
 #endif
diff --git a/common/include/Utilities/TlsVariable.inl b/common/include/Utilities/TlsVariable.inl
index da592b523b0ec..c83d21663f252 100644
--- a/common/include/Utilities/TlsVariable.inl
+++ b/common/include/Utilities/TlsVariable.inl
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #include "Threading.h"
 
 #if PCSX2_THREAD_LOCAL
-#define DeclareTls(x) __threadlocal x
+#define DeclareTls(x) thread_local x
 #else
 #define DeclareTls(x) Threading::TlsVariable<x>
 #endif
diff --git a/common/include/x86emitter/x86types.h b/common/include/x86emitter/x86types.h
index d8e715e21aefe..9b2d1f4260a92 100644
--- a/common/include/x86emitter/x86types.h
+++ b/common/include/x86emitter/x86types.h
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ enum XMMSSEType {
 
 #ifndef __tls_emit
 #if x86EMIT_MULTITHREADED
-#define __tls_emit __threadlocal
+#define __tls_emit thread_local
 #else
 // Using TlsVariable is sub-optimal and could result in huge executables, so we
 // force-disable TLS entirely, and disallow running multithreaded recompilation
diff --git a/common/src/Utilities/wxAppWithHelpers.cpp b/common/src/Utilities/wxAppWithHelpers.cpp
index 635889315ac49..21179a4ecc4a5 100644
--- a/common/src/Utilities/wxAppWithHelpers.cpp
+++ b/common/src/Utilities/wxAppWithHelpers.cpp
@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ wxAppWithHelpers::wxAppWithHelpers()
     // FS segment register won't have been initialized by the main exe, due to tls_insurance
     // being optimized away >_<  --air
 
-    static __threadlocal int tls_insurance = 0;
+    static thread_local int tls_insurance = 0;
     tls_insurance = 1;
 #endif
 }