diff --git a/native_client/ctcdecode/ctc_beam_search_decoder.cpp b/native_client/ctcdecode/ctc_beam_search_decoder.cpp
index af029b9d..179ec467 100644
--- a/native_client/ctcdecode/ctc_beam_search_decoder.cpp
+++ b/native_client/ctcdecode/ctc_beam_search_decoder.cpp
@@ -407,13 +407,12 @@ FlashlightDecoderState::intermediate(bool prune)
       valid_words.push_back(w);
     }
   }
-  FlashlightOutput ret {
-    .aggregate_score = result.score,
-    .acoustic_model_score = result.amScore,
-    .language_model_score = result.lmScore,
-    .words = lm_tokens_.mapIndicesToEntries(valid_words), // how does this interact with token-based decoding?
-    .tokens = result.tokens
-  };
+  FlashlightOutput ret;
+  ret.aggregate_score = result.score;
+  ret.acoustic_model_score = result.amScore;
+  ret.language_model_score = result.lmScore;
+  ret.words = lm_tokens_.mapIndicesToEntries(valid_words); // how does this interact with token-based decoding
+  ret.tokens = result.tokens;
   if (prune) {
     decoder_impl_->prune();
   }
@@ -433,13 +432,13 @@ FlashlightDecoderState::decode(size_t num_results)
         valid_words.push_back(w);
       }
     }
-    ret.push_back({
-      .aggregate_score = result.score,
-      .acoustic_model_score = result.amScore,
-      .language_model_score = result.lmScore,
-      .words = lm_tokens_.mapIndicesToEntries(valid_words), // how does this interact with token-based decoding?
-      .tokens = result.tokens
-    });
+    FlashlightOutput out;
+    out.aggregate_score = result.score;
+    out.acoustic_model_score = result.amScore;
+    out.language_model_score = result.lmScore;
+    out.words = lm_tokens_.mapIndicesToEntries(valid_words); // how does this interact with token-based decoding
+    out.tokens = result.tokens;
+    ret.push_back(out);
   }
   decoder_impl_.reset(nullptr);
   return ret;
diff --git a/native_client/ctcdecode/scorer.cpp b/native_client/ctcdecode/scorer.cpp
index d5ca6cbc..34ad90fb 100644
--- a/native_client/ctcdecode/scorer.cpp
+++ b/native_client/ctcdecode/scorer.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
   #include <stdlib.h>
   #include <io.h>
+  #define NOMINMAX
   #include <windows.h>
 
   #define R_OK    4       /* Read permission.  */
diff --git a/native_client/ctcdecode/third_party/flashlight/flashlight/lib/common/String.h b/native_client/ctcdecode/third_party/flashlight/flashlight/lib/common/String.h
index 492c710a..9ce89949 100644
--- a/native_client/ctcdecode/third_party/flashlight/flashlight/lib/common/String.h
+++ b/native_client/ctcdecode/third_party/flashlight/flashlight/lib/common/String.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <algorithm>
+#include <cerrno>
 #include <chrono>
 #include <cstring>
 #include <stdexcept>
diff --git a/native_client/ctcdecode/third_party/flashlight/flashlight/lib/common/System.cpp b/native_client/ctcdecode/third_party/flashlight/flashlight/lib/common/System.cpp
index fd89ac58..1afd13ac 100644
--- a/native_client/ctcdecode/third_party/flashlight/flashlight/lib/common/System.cpp
+++ b/native_client/ctcdecode/third_party/flashlight/flashlight/lib/common/System.cpp
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 
 #include "flashlight/lib/common/System.h"
 
-#include <glob.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <array>
@@ -119,45 +118,6 @@ bool dirExists(const std::string& path) {
   }
 }
 
-void dirCreate(const std::string& path) {
-  if (dirExists(path)) {
-    return;
-  }
-  mode_t nMode = 0755;
-  int nError = 0;
-#ifdef _WIN32
-  nError = _mkdir(path.c_str());
-#else
-  nError = mkdir(path.c_str(), nMode);
-#endif
-  if (nError != 0) {
-    throw std::runtime_error(
-        std::string() + "Unable to create directory - " + path);
-  }
-}
-
-void dirCreateRecursive(const std::string& path) {
-  if (dirExists(path)) {
-    return;
-  }
-  std::vector<std::string> dirsOnPath = getDirsOnPath(path);
-  std::string pathFromStart;
-  if (path[0] == pathSeperator()[0]) {
-    pathFromStart = pathSeperator();
-  }
-  for (std::string& dir : dirsOnPath) {
-    if (pathFromStart.empty()) {
-      pathFromStart = dir;
-    } else {
-      pathFromStart = pathsConcat(pathFromStart, dir);
-    }
-
-    if (!dirExists(pathFromStart)) {
-      dirCreate(pathFromStart);
-    }
-  }
-}
-
 bool fileExists(const std::string& path) {
   std::ifstream fs(path, std::ifstream::in);
   return fs.good();
@@ -170,28 +130,6 @@ std::string getEnvVar(
   return val ? std::string(val) : dflt;
 }
 
-std::string getCurrentDate() {
-  time_t now = time(nullptr);
-  struct tm tmbuf;
-  struct tm* tstruct;
-  tstruct = localtime_r(&now, &tmbuf);
-
-  std::array<char, 80> buf;
-  strftime(buf.data(), buf.size(), "%Y-%m-%d", tstruct);
-  return std::string(buf.data());
-}
-
-std::string getCurrentTime() {
-  time_t now = time(nullptr);
-  struct tm tmbuf;
-  struct tm* tstruct;
-  tstruct = localtime_r(&now, &tmbuf);
-
-  std::array<char, 80> buf;
-  strftime(buf.data(), buf.size(), "%X", tstruct);
-  return std::string(buf.data());
-}
-
 std::string getTmpPath(const std::string& filename) {
   std::string tmpDir = "/tmp";
   auto getTmpDir = [&tmpDir](const std::string& env) {
@@ -217,17 +155,6 @@ std::vector<std::string> getFileContent(const std::string& file) {
   return data;
 }
 
-std::vector<std::string> fileGlob(const std::string& pat) {
-  glob_t result;
-  glob(pat.c_str(), GLOB_TILDE, nullptr, &result);
-  std::vector<std::string> ret;
-  for (unsigned int i = 0; i < result.gl_pathc; ++i) {
-    ret.push_back(std::string(result.gl_pathv[i]));
-  }
-  globfree(&result);
-  return ret;
-}
-
 std::ifstream createInputStream(const std::string& filename) {
   std::ifstream file(filename);
   if (!file.is_open()) {
diff --git a/native_client/ctcdecode/third_party/flashlight/flashlight/lib/common/System.h b/native_client/ctcdecode/third_party/flashlight/flashlight/lib/common/System.h
index c63ed1bb..761c9173 100644
--- a/native_client/ctcdecode/third_party/flashlight/flashlight/lib/common/System.h
+++ b/native_client/ctcdecode/third_party/flashlight/flashlight/lib/common/System.h
@@ -31,24 +31,14 @@ std::string basename(const std::string& path);
 
 bool dirExists(const std::string& path);
 
-void dirCreate(const std::string& path);
-
-void dirCreateRecursive(const std::string& path);
-
 bool fileExists(const std::string& path);
 
 std::string getEnvVar(const std::string& key, const std::string& dflt = "");
 
-std::string getCurrentDate();
-
-std::string getCurrentTime();
-
 std::string getTmpPath(const std::string& filename);
 
 std::vector<std::string> getFileContent(const std::string& file);
 
-std::vector<std::string> fileGlob(const std::string& pat);
-
 std::ifstream createInputStream(const std::string& filename);
 
 std::ofstream createOutputStream(
diff --git a/native_client/ctcdecode/third_party/flashlight/flashlight/lib/text/decoder/Trie.cpp b/native_client/ctcdecode/third_party/flashlight/flashlight/lib/text/decoder/Trie.cpp
index df037e1b..2779a5b4 100644
--- a/native_client/ctcdecode/third_party/flashlight/flashlight/lib/text/decoder/Trie.cpp
+++ b/native_client/ctcdecode/third_party/flashlight/flashlight/lib/text/decoder/Trie.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <limits>
+#include <string>
 
 #include "flashlight/lib/text/decoder/Trie.h"