diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2019-01-02-11-23-33.bpo-35642.pjkhJe.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2019-01-02-11-23-33.bpo-35642.pjkhJe.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..9f6da315e2d581
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2019-01-02-11-23-33.bpo-35642.pjkhJe.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Remove asynciomodule.c from pythoncore.vcxproj
diff --git a/PCbuild/pythoncore.vcxproj b/PCbuild/pythoncore.vcxproj
index 2ee88225b62c9a..a56fb7a9cc46b5 100644
--- a/PCbuild/pythoncore.vcxproj
+++ b/PCbuild/pythoncore.vcxproj
@@ -229,7 +229,6 @@
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClCompile Include="..\Modules\_abc.c" />
-    <ClCompile Include="..\Modules\_asynciomodule.c" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\Modules\_bisectmodule.c" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\Modules\_blake2\blake2module.c" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\Modules\_blake2\blake2b_impl.c" />
diff --git a/PCbuild/pythoncore.vcxproj.filters b/PCbuild/pythoncore.vcxproj.filters
index b51fd54f8b4db6..a86408be9f71a3 100644
--- a/PCbuild/pythoncore.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/PCbuild/pythoncore.vcxproj.filters
@@ -1016,9 +1016,6 @@
     <ClCompile Include="..\PC\_findvs.cpp">
       <Filter>PC</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="..\Modules\_asynciomodule.c">
-      <Filter>Modules</Filter>
-    </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="..\Modules\_contextvarsmodule.c">
       <Filter>Modules</Filter>
     </ClCompile>