diff --git a/Makefile.target b/Makefile.target
index d34156c12026cc536eda2dd172a7447339640dc6..9ffc0b7086279a5f89e6e7501e05d05e007cdf79 100644
--- a/Makefile.target
+++ b/Makefile.target
@@ -441,10 +441,6 @@ ifeq ($(ARCH),ia64)
 LDFLAGS+=-Wl,-G0 -Wl,-T,$(SRC_PATH)/ia64.ld
 endif
 
-ifdef CONFIG_WIN32
-SDL_LIBS := $(filter-out -mwindows, $(SDL_LIBS)) -mconsole
-endif
-
 # profiling code
 ifdef TARGET_GPROF
 LDFLAGS+=-p
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 3229e6c13aad2cd7a80c87cd90d9921fb5295638..a014e786b0798ccd0880c6f8fb6700fb7556af0d 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -887,6 +887,9 @@ EOF
   if compile_prog "$sdl_cflags" "$sdl_libs" ; then
     sdl_libs="$sdl_libs -lX11"
   fi
+  if test "$mingw32" = "yes" ; then
+    sdl_libs="`echo $sdl_libs | sed s/-mwindows//g` -mconsole"
+  fi
 fi
 
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