diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a1185515c..4b978ae20 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ LD = i686-w64-mingw32-g++
 CXXFLAGS += -std=$(CXXSTD) -Os -D_POSIX_SOURCE -DYOSYS_WIN32_UNIX_DIR
 CXXFLAGS := $(filter-out -fPIC,$(CXXFLAGS))
 LDFLAGS := $(filter-out -rdynamic,$(LDFLAGS)) -s
-LDLIBS := $(filter-out -lrt,$(LDLIBS)) -lshlwapi
+LDLIBS := $(filter-out -lrt,$(LDLIBS))
 ABCMKARGS += ARCHFLAGS="-DABC_USE_STDINT_H -DWIN32_NO_DLL -DHAVE_STRUCT_TIMESPEC -fpermissive -w"
 ABCMKARGS += LIBS="-lpthread -lshlwapi -s" ABC_USE_NO_READLINE=0 CC="i686-w64-mingw32-gcc" CXX="$(CXX)"
 EXE = .exe
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ LD = x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++
 CXXFLAGS += -std=$(CXXSTD) -Os -D_POSIX_SOURCE -DYOSYS_WIN32_UNIX_DIR
 CXXFLAGS := $(filter-out -fPIC,$(CXXFLAGS))
 LDFLAGS := $(filter-out -rdynamic,$(LDFLAGS)) -s
-LDLIBS := $(filter-out -lrt,$(LDLIBS)) -lshlwapi
+LDLIBS := $(filter-out -lrt,$(LDLIBS))
 ABCMKARGS += ARCHFLAGS="-DABC_USE_STDINT_H -DWIN32_NO_DLL -DHAVE_STRUCT_TIMESPEC -fpermissive -w"
 ABCMKARGS += LIBS="-lpthread -lshlwapi -s" ABC_USE_NO_READLINE=0 CC="x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc" CXX="$(CXX)"
 EXE = .exe