diff --git a/include/GL/glew.h b/include/GL/glew.h
index 658d1ea..e71c337 100644
--- a/include/GL/glew.h
+++ b/include/GL/glew.h
@@ -139,18 +139,17 @@ typedef unsigned short wchar_t;
 #endif
 
 /*
- * GLEW_STATIC needs to be set when including the
- * source directly in the project.  
- * GLEW_BUILD is set when building the dll version.
+ * GLEW_DLL needs to be set when using the DLL version.
+ * GLEW_BUILD is set when building the DLL version.
  */
-#ifdef GLEW_STATIC
-#define GLEW_EXPORT
+#ifdef GLEW_DLL
+#  ifdef GLEW_BUILD
+#    define GLEW_EXPORT __declspec(dllexport)
+#  else
+#    define GLEW_EXPORT __declspec(dllimport)
+#  endif
 #else
-#ifdef GLEW_BUILD
-#define GLEW_EXPORT __declspec(dllexport)
-#else
-#define GLEW_EXPORT __declspec(dllimport)
-#endif
+#  define GLEW_EXPORT
 #endif
 
 #else /* _UNIX */
diff --git a/include/GL/wglew.h b/include/GL/wglew.h
index 49d8efd..7eda8d2 100644
--- a/include/GL/wglew.h
+++ b/include/GL/wglew.h
@@ -91,18 +91,17 @@
 #endif
 
 /*
- * GLEW_STATIC needs to be set when including the
- * source directly in the project.  
- * GLEW_BUILD is set when building the dll version.
+ * GLEW_DLL needs to be set when using the DLL version.
+ * GLEW_BUILD is set when building the DLL version.
  */
-#ifdef GLEW_STATIC
-#define GLEW_EXPORT
+#ifdef GLEW_DLL
+#  ifdef GLEW_BUILD
+#    define GLEW_EXPORT __declspec(dllexport)
+#  else
+#    define GLEW_EXPORT __declspec(dllimport)
+#  endif
 #else
-#ifdef GLEW_BUILD
-#define GLEW_EXPORT __declspec(dllexport)
-#else
-#define GLEW_EXPORT __declspec(dllimport)
-#endif
+#  define GLEW_EXPORT
 #endif
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus