diff --git a/interface/CMakeLists.txt b/interface/CMakeLists.txt
index 721e0ca2a5..ac0a13ff8f 100644
--- a/interface/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/interface/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -240,14 +240,11 @@ endif (APPLE)
 if (WIN32)
     target_link_libraries(
         ${TARGET_NAME}
-
-		# something is wrong with the find faceshift cmake, so it's not finding the windows lib, hard coding it for now
-		#${FACESHIFT_LIBRARIES}
-		${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/external/faceshift/lib/WIN32/faceshift.lib
+	    ${OPENCV_LIBRARIES}
+		${FACESHIFT_LIBRARIES}
 
 		# this was from the first verion of the attempt to port to windows, it may or may not be correct, temporarily disabled
         #${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/external/glut/Release/glew32.lib
-
         ${GLUT_ROOT_PATH}/lib/freeglut.lib
 
 		# note: the pthreads stuff was in the /external/glut before, that's not right, I moved it to it's own location
diff --git a/interface/external/OpenCV/lib/Win32/opencv_calib3d.lib b/interface/external/OpenCV/lib/Win32/opencv_calib3d.lib
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diff --git a/interface/external/OpenCV/lib/Win32/opencv_haartraining_engine.lib b/interface/external/OpenCV/lib/Win32/opencv_haartraining_engine.lib
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diff --git a/interface/external/OpenCV/lib/Win32/opencv_highgui.lib b/interface/external/OpenCV/lib/Win32/opencv_highgui.lib
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diff --git a/interface/external/OpenCV/lib/Win32/opencv_imgproc.lib b/interface/external/OpenCV/lib/Win32/opencv_imgproc.lib
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diff --git a/interface/external/OpenCV/lib/Win32/opencv_legacy.lib b/interface/external/OpenCV/lib/Win32/opencv_legacy.lib
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