diff --git a/dlls/msvcirt/Makefile.in b/dlls/msvcirt/Makefile.in
index 1dee2b24c02..619a3dd66dd 100644
--- a/dlls/msvcirt/Makefile.in
+++ b/dlls/msvcirt/Makefile.in
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ EXTRADEFS = -D_MSVCIRT
 PARENTSRC = ../msvcp90
 IMPORTS   = msvcrt
 
-EXTRADLLFLAGS = -mno-cygwin -Wb,--prefer-native
+EXTRADLLFLAGS = -mno-cygwin
 
 C_SRCS = \
 	exception.c \