diff --git a/Configurations/10-main.conf b/Configurations/10-main.conf
index 7c9b1905a8..9b4c78fd07 100644
--- a/Configurations/10-main.conf
+++ b/Configurations/10-main.conf
@@ -1295,6 +1295,7 @@ sub vms_info {
     },
     "VC-noCE-common" => {
         inherit_from     => [ "VC-common" ],
+        template         => 1,
         cflags           => add(picker(default => "-DUNICODE -D_UNICODE",
                                        debug   =>
                                        sub {
@@ -1331,6 +1332,7 @@ sub vms_info {
     },
     "VC-WIN64-common" => {
         inherit_from     => [ "VC-noCE-common" ],
+        template         => 1,
         ex_libs          => add(sub {
             my @ex_libs = ();
             push @ex_libs, 'bufferoverflowu.lib' if (`cl 2>&1` =~ /14\.00\.4[0-9]{4}\./);