diff --git a/common.gypi b/common.gypi
index d93bba77c86..68643b003a5 100644
--- a/common.gypi
+++ b/common.gypi
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@
             'OmitFramePointers': 'true',
             'EnableFunctionLevelLinking': 'true',
             'EnableIntrinsicFunctions': 'true',
+            'RuntimeTypeInfo': 'false',
+            'ExceptionHandling': '0',
             'AdditionalOptions': [
               '/MP', # compile across multiple CPUs
             ],