diff --git a/winsup/utils/ChangeLog b/winsup/utils/ChangeLog
index b69b83317..00894b9b2 100644
--- a/winsup/utils/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/utils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2013-07-31  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* Makefile.in (MINGW_LDFLAGS): Don't link against w32api libs.  These
+	are only for Cygwin executables.
+
 2013-07-07  Christopher Faylor  <me.cygwin2013@cgf.cx>
 
 	* cygcheck.cc (dll_info): Detect and report on symlinks.  Output wrong
diff --git a/winsup/utils/Makefile.in b/winsup/utils/Makefile.in
index e42d748ce..dc72bebff 100644
--- a/winsup/utils/Makefile.in
+++ b/winsup/utils/Makefile.in
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ MINGW_BINS := ${addsuffix .exe,cygcheck cygwin-console-helper ldh strace}
 # list will will be compiled in Cygwin mode implicitly, so there is no
 # need for a CYGWIN_OBJS.
 MINGW_OBJS := bloda.o cygcheck.o dump_setup.o ldh.o path.o strace.o
-MINGW_LDFLAGS:=-L${WINDOWS_LIBDIR} -static
+MINGW_LDFLAGS:=-static
 
 CYGCHECK_OBJS:=cygcheck.o bloda.o path.o dump_setup.o
 ZLIB:=-lz