diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 4637efc9..d8fc4f2a 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ case "${host_os}" in
     mingw*)
         AM_CONDITIONAL([T_WIN], true)
         AM_CONDITIONAL([ADD_RT], false)
-        AC_SUBST([AM_LDFLAGS], ['-Wl,-no-undefined -Wl,--as-needed'])
+        AC_SUBST([AM_LDFLAGS], ['-no-undefined'])
         ;;
     cygwin*)
         AM_CONDITIONAL([ADD_RT], false)
diff --git a/src/api/Makefile.am b/src/api/Makefile.am
index 22747623..f0fe46db 100644
--- a/src/api/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/api/Makefile.am
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ tesseract_LDADD += $(libcurl_LIBS)
 if T_WIN
 tesseract_LDADD += -ltiff
 tesseract_LDADD += -lws2_32
-libtesseract_la_LDFLAGS += -no-undefined -Wl,--as-needed -lws2_32
+libtesseract_la_LDFLAGS += -no-undefined -lws2_32
 endif
 if ADD_RT
 tesseract_LDADD += -lrt