diff --git a/modules/juce_audio_plugin_client/RTAS/juce_RTAS_WinUtilities.cpp b/modules/juce_audio_plugin_client/RTAS/juce_RTAS_WinUtilities.cpp
index d0ce94d785..5b0a86d3c8 100644
--- a/modules/juce_audio_plugin_client/RTAS/juce_RTAS_WinUtilities.cpp
+++ b/modules/juce_audio_plugin_client/RTAS/juce_RTAS_WinUtilities.cpp
@@ -43,9 +43,7 @@
 #include <intrin.h>
 #include <windows.h>
 
-#pragma pack (push, 8)
 #include "../utility/juce_IncludeModuleHeaders.h"
-#pragma pack (pop)
 
 //==============================================================================
 void JUCE_CALLTYPE attachSubWindow (void* hostWindow,
diff --git a/modules/juce_audio_plugin_client/RTAS/juce_RTAS_Wrapper.cpp b/modules/juce_audio_plugin_client/RTAS/juce_RTAS_Wrapper.cpp
index 1727915e5c..8b509075b9 100644
--- a/modules/juce_audio_plugin_client/RTAS/juce_RTAS_Wrapper.cpp
+++ b/modules/juce_audio_plugin_client/RTAS/juce_RTAS_Wrapper.cpp
@@ -90,15 +90,12 @@
 
 //==============================================================================
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
- #pragma pack (push, 8)
  #pragma warning (disable: 4263 4264)
 #endif
 
 #include "../utility/juce_IncludeModuleHeaders.h"
 
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
- #pragma pack (pop)
-
  #if JUCE_DEBUGxxx // (the debug lib in the 8.0 SDK fails to link, so we'll stick to the release one...)
   #define PT_LIB_PATH  JucePlugin_WinBag_path "\\Debug\\lib\\"
  #else
diff --git a/modules/juce_audio_plugin_client/VST/juce_VST_Wrapper.cpp b/modules/juce_audio_plugin_client/VST/juce_VST_Wrapper.cpp
index 41bf79a765..8425157583 100644
--- a/modules/juce_audio_plugin_client/VST/juce_VST_Wrapper.cpp
+++ b/modules/juce_audio_plugin_client/VST/juce_VST_Wrapper.cpp
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 
     Then, you'll need to make sure your include path contains your "vstsdk2.4" directory.
 */
-#ifdef __GNUC__
+#ifndef _MSC_VER
  #define __cdecl
 #endif
 
@@ -77,18 +77,10 @@
 #endif
 
 //==============================================================================
-#ifdef _MSC_VER
- #pragma pack (push, 8)
-#endif
-
 #include "../utility/juce_IncludeModuleHeaders.h"
 #include "../utility/juce_FakeMouseMoveGenerator.h"
 #include "../utility/juce_PluginHostType.h"
 
-#ifdef _MSC_VER
- #pragma pack (pop)
-#endif
-
 #undef MemoryBlock
 
 class JuceVSTWrapper;
diff --git a/modules/juce_core/juce_core.h b/modules/juce_core/juce_core.h
index 7ba5db677c..8a87af8fd9 100644
--- a/modules/juce_core/juce_core.h
+++ b/modules/juce_core/juce_core.h
@@ -106,8 +106,6 @@
 //=============================================================================
 #if JUCE_MSVC
  #pragma warning (disable: 4251) // (DLL build warning, must be disabled before pushing the warning state)
-
- #pragma pack (push, 8) // this is set explicitly in case the app is using a different packing size.
  #pragma warning (push)
  #pragma warning (disable: 4786) // (long class name warning)
  #ifdef __INTEL_COMPILER
@@ -416,7 +414,6 @@ namespace juce
 
 #if JUCE_MSVC
  #pragma warning (pop)
- #pragma pack (pop)
 #endif
 
 #endif   // __JUCE_CORE_JUCEHEADER__