diff -urw a/config/cmake_ext_mod/HDFMacros.cmake b/config/cmake_ext_mod/HDFMacros.cmake
--- a/config/cmake_ext_mod/HDFMacros.cmake	2020-03-03 00:03:12.000000000 +0100
+++ b/config/cmake_ext_mod/HDFMacros.cmake	2021-05-12 07:56:13.703041807 +0200
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
   endif ()
 
   #----- Use MSVC Naming conventions for Shared Libraries
-  if (MINGW AND ${libtype} MATCHES "SHARED")
+  if (FALSE AND MINGW AND ${libtype} MATCHES "SHARED")
     set_target_properties (${libtarget} PROPERTIES
         IMPORT_SUFFIX ".lib"
         IMPORT_PREFIX ""
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
 
   if (${libtype} MATCHES "SHARED")
     if (WIN32)
-      if (MINGW)
+      if (FALSE AND MINGW)
         set_target_properties (${libtarget} PROPERTIES
             IMPORTED_IMPLIB "${CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/${IMPORT_LIB_NAME}.lib"
             IMPORTED_LOCATION "${CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/${IMPORT_LIB_NAME}${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}"
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@
         )
       endif ()
     else ()
-      if (MINGW)
+      if (FALSE AND MINGW)
         set_target_properties (${libtarget} PROPERTIES
             IMPORTED_IMPLIB "${CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/${IMPORT_LIB_NAME}.lib"
             IMPORTED_LOCATION "${CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/${IMPORT_LIB_NAME}${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}"