diff --git a/mex/sources/bytecode/ErrorHandling.hh b/mex/sources/bytecode/ErrorHandling.hh
index f8419bfb5..2c16ce62f 100644
--- a/mex/sources/bytecode/ErrorHandling.hh
+++ b/mex/sources/bytecode/ErrorHandling.hh
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ class GeneralExceptionHandling
 {
   string ErrorMsg;
 public:
-#ifdef _MSC_VER_
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
   ~GeneralExceptionHandling()
   {
     FreeLibrary(hinstLib);