diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 751baa9685e..376b3f2aef2 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -7980,7 +7980,7 @@ fi
     case $host_os in
         mingw32*)
           crtlibs="-lmsvcrt"
-          SOCKET_LIBS="-L\$(top_builddir)/dlls/ws2_32 -lws2_32"
+          SOCKET_LIBS="-lws2_32"
  ;;
     esac
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c6088f41251..a516b1945f4 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -717,7 +717,7 @@ case $host_os in
     case $host_os in
         mingw32*)
           crtlibs="-lmsvcrt"
-          AC_SUBST(SOCKET_LIBS,"-L\$(top_builddir)/dlls/ws2_32 -lws2_32") ;;
+          AC_SUBST(SOCKET_LIBS,"-lws2_32") ;;
     esac
 
     libwine_targets="libwine.dll libwine.a"