diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 43f9fd4..ec54bfa 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 if(MSVC)
-    add_definitions("/Zc:__cplusplus")
+    add_definitions("/Zc:__cplusplus") # define __cplusplus value correctly
+    add_definitions("/utf-8")          # enable to use u8"" literal
 endif()
 
 # Set some common directories
diff --git a/tests/test_literals.cpp b/tests/test_literals.cpp
index f29a6d1..5aaf928 100644
--- a/tests/test_literals.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_literals.cpp
@@ -264,20 +264,6 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(test_value_as_u8_literal)
         const toml::value v4 = u8R"('''foo''')"_toml;
         const toml::value v5 = u8R"("ひらがな")"_toml;
 
-        // XXX
-#ifndef __cpp_char8_t
-        {
-            const char* l = u8R"(ひらがな)";
-            BOOST_TEST_MESSAGE(l);
-            while(*l != '\0')
-            {
-                const int tmp(*l);
-                BOOST_TEST_MESSAGE(std::hex << tmp);
-                ++l;
-            }
-        }
-#endif
-
         BOOST_TEST(v1.is_string());
         BOOST_TEST(v2.is_string());
         BOOST_TEST(v3.is_string());