diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2019-03-19-22-07-37.bpo-25361.XO9Bfr.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2019-03-19-22-07-37.bpo-25361.XO9Bfr.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..9953b0760faab7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2019-03-19-22-07-37.bpo-25361.XO9Bfr.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Enables use of SSE2 instructions in Windows 32-bit build.
diff --git a/PCbuild/pyproject.props b/PCbuild/pyproject.props
index 847e5f57c4b9ba..e76a59fbfc5bec 100644
--- a/PCbuild/pyproject.props
+++ b/PCbuild/pyproject.props
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
       <CompileAs>Default</CompileAs>
       <SuppressStartupBanner>true</SuppressStartupBanner>
       <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
-      <EnableEnhancedInstructionSet Condition="'$(Platform)'=='Win32'">NoExtensions</EnableEnhancedInstructionSet>
       <InlineFunctionExpansion Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">OnlyExplicitInline</InlineFunctionExpansion>
       <InlineFunctionExpansion Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'">OnlyExplicitInline</InlineFunctionExpansion>
     </ClCompile>