diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6a91fc17a..b325c2763 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ project(Generators LANGUAGES C CXX)
 # All Options should be defined in cmake/options.cmake
 include(cmake/options.cmake)
 include(cmake/external/onnxruntime_external_deps.cmake)
-include(cmake/util_func.cmake)
 
 file(READ "VERSION_INFO" ver)
 set(VERSION_INFO ${ver} CACHE STRING "Set the onnxruntime-genai version info.")
@@ -107,7 +106,10 @@ add_library(onnxruntime-genai-static STATIC ${generator_srcs})
 target_include_directories(onnxruntime-genai PRIVATE ${ORT_HEADER_DIR})
 target_include_directories(onnxruntime-genai-static PRIVATE ${ORT_HEADER_DIR})
 
-genai_set_target_compile_options(onnxruntime-genai)
+if(CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET MATCHES "Visual Studio")
+  target_link_options(onnxruntime-genai PRIVATE "/CETCOMPAT")
+  target_compile_options(onnxruntime-genai PRIVATE "/sdl")
+endif()
 
 if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Linux")
   set_target_properties(onnxruntime-genai-static PROPERTIES POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
diff --git a/cmake/util_func.cmake b/cmake/util_func.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index 80847da7f..000000000
--- a/cmake/util_func.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-function(genai_set_target_compile_options target)
-  if (MSVC)
-    check_cxx_compiler_flag(-sdl HAS_SDL)
-    check_cxx_compiler_flag(-Qspectre HAS_QSPECTRE)
-    if (HAS_SDL)
-      target_compile_options(${target} PRIVATE "/sdl")
-    endif ()
-    if (HAS_QSPECTRE)
-      target_compile_options(${target} PRIVATE "/Qspectre")
-    endif ()
-    if (NOT CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR MATCHES "arm" AND NOT USE_CUDA)
-      target_compile_options(${target} PRIVATE "/CETCOMPAT")
-    endif ()
-  endif ()
-endfunction()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/python/CMakeLists.txt b/src/python/CMakeLists.txt
index fdbe33023..e2175039a 100644
--- a/src/python/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/python/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 include(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/cxx_standard.cmake)
-include(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/util_func.cmake)
+
 file(GLOB python_srcs CONFIGURE_DEPENDS
   "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/*.h"
   "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/*.cpp"
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@ if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Linux")
 endif()
 set_target_properties(python PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME "onnxruntime_genai")
 
-genai_set_target_compile_options(python)
+if(CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET MATCHES "Visual Studio")
+  target_link_options(python PRIVATE "/CETCOMPAT")
+  target_compile_options(python PRIVATE "/sdl" PRIVATE "/Qspectre")
+endif()
 
 if(USE_CUDA AND CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER)
   cmake_policy(SET CMP0104 OLD)