diff --git a/Make.vars.in b/Make.vars.in
index 5400d4c0c27..76436facfcb 100644
--- a/Make.vars.in
+++ b/Make.vars.in
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ FAKEEXT         = $(DLLEXT:.so=.fake)
 TOOLSEXT        = @TOOLSEXT@
 IMPLIBEXT       = @IMPLIBEXT@
 DLLTOOL         = @DLLTOOL@
-DLLWRAP         = @DLLWRAP@
 AR              = @AR@
 ARFLAGS         = @ARFLAGS@
 RANLIB          = @RANLIB@
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 8829b5e862c..770fcdeadd9 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -696,7 +696,6 @@ IOKITLIB
 COREFOUNDATIONLIB
 LIBWINE_RULES
 SOCKETLIBS
-DLLWRAP
 DLLTOOL
 READELF
 LDD
@@ -6530,101 +6529,6 @@ else
   DLLTOOL="$ac_cv_prog_DLLTOOL"
 fi
 
-    if test -n "$ac_tool_prefix"; then
-  # Extract the first word of "${ac_tool_prefix}dllwrap", so it can be a program name with args.
-set dummy ${ac_tool_prefix}dllwrap; ac_word=$2
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for $ac_word" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking for $ac_word... " >&6; }
-if ${ac_cv_prog_DLLWRAP+:} false; then :
-  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
-else
-  if test -n "$DLLWRAP"; then
-  ac_cv_prog_DLLWRAP="$DLLWRAP" # Let the user override the test.
-else
-as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
-for as_dir in $PATH
-do
-  IFS=$as_save_IFS
-  test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
-    for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
-  if as_fn_executable_p "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; then
-    ac_cv_prog_DLLWRAP="${ac_tool_prefix}dllwrap"
-    $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: found $as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" >&5
-    break 2
-  fi
-done
-  done
-IFS=$as_save_IFS
-
-fi
-fi
-DLLWRAP=$ac_cv_prog_DLLWRAP
-if test -n "$DLLWRAP"; then
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $DLLWRAP" >&5
-$as_echo "$DLLWRAP" >&6; }
-else
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
-$as_echo "no" >&6; }
-fi
-
-
-fi
-if test -z "$ac_cv_prog_DLLWRAP"; then
-  ac_ct_DLLWRAP=$DLLWRAP
-  # Extract the first word of "dllwrap", so it can be a program name with args.
-set dummy dllwrap; ac_word=$2
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for $ac_word" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking for $ac_word... " >&6; }
-if ${ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_DLLWRAP+:} false; then :
-  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
-else
-  if test -n "$ac_ct_DLLWRAP"; then
-  ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_DLLWRAP="$ac_ct_DLLWRAP" # Let the user override the test.
-else
-as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
-for as_dir in $PATH
-do
-  IFS=$as_save_IFS
-  test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
-    for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
-  if as_fn_executable_p "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; then
-    ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_DLLWRAP="dllwrap"
-    $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: found $as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" >&5
-    break 2
-  fi
-done
-  done
-IFS=$as_save_IFS
-
-fi
-fi
-ac_ct_DLLWRAP=$ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_DLLWRAP
-if test -n "$ac_ct_DLLWRAP"; then
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_ct_DLLWRAP" >&5
-$as_echo "$ac_ct_DLLWRAP" >&6; }
-else
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
-$as_echo "no" >&6; }
-fi
-
-  if test "x$ac_ct_DLLWRAP" = x; then
-    DLLWRAP="false"
-  else
-    case $cross_compiling:$ac_tool_warned in
-yes:)
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: using cross tools not prefixed with host triplet" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: using cross tools not prefixed with host triplet" >&2;}
-ac_tool_warned=yes ;;
-esac
-    DLLWRAP=$ac_ct_DLLWRAP
-  fi
-else
-  DLLWRAP="$ac_cv_prog_DLLWRAP"
-fi
-
-    if test "$DLLWRAP" = "false"; then
-        as_fn_error $? "dllwrap is needed to build a dll for Windows" "$LINENO" 5
-    fi
     LIBEXT="dll"
     IMPLIBEXT="a"
     STATIC_IMPLIBEXT="a"
@@ -6653,7 +6557,7 @@ libwine.a: wine.def
 	\$(DLLTOOL) -l \$@ -d \$(srcdir)/wine.def
 
 libwine.dll: \$(OBJS) wine.def Makefile.in
-	\$(DLLWRAP) --def \$(srcdir)/wine.def -o \$@ \$(OBJS) $crtlibs \$(EXTRALIBS)
+	\$(CC) -shared \$(srcdir)/wine.def -o \$@ \$(OBJS) $crtlibs \$(EXTRALIBS)
 
 install install-lib:: libwine.dll \$(DESTDIR)\$(libdir) dummy
 	\$(INSTALL_DATA) libwine.dll \$(DESTDIR)\$(libdir)/libwine.dll
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 98c3dd4b811..6dd23487e1e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -686,10 +686,6 @@ WINE_PATH_SONAME_TOOLS
 case $host_os in
   cygwin*|mingw32*)
     AC_CHECK_TOOL(DLLTOOL,dlltool,false)
-    AC_CHECK_TOOL(DLLWRAP,dllwrap,false)
-    if test "$DLLWRAP" = "false"; then
-        AC_MSG_ERROR([dllwrap is needed to build a dll for Windows])
-    fi
     LIBEXT="dll"
     IMPLIBEXT="a"
     STATIC_IMPLIBEXT="a"
@@ -720,7 +716,7 @@ libwine.a: wine.def
 	\$(DLLTOOL) -l \$@ -d \$(srcdir)/wine.def
 
 libwine.dll: \$(OBJS) wine.def Makefile.in
-	\$(DLLWRAP) --def \$(srcdir)/wine.def -o \$@ \$(OBJS) $crtlibs \$(EXTRALIBS)
+	\$(CC) -shared \$(srcdir)/wine.def -o \$@ \$(OBJS) $crtlibs \$(EXTRALIBS)
 
 install install-lib:: libwine.dll \$(DESTDIR)\$(libdir) dummy
 	\$(INSTALL_DATA) libwine.dll \$(DESTDIR)\$(libdir)/libwine.dll