diff --git a/dlls/hlink/Makefile.in b/dlls/hlink/Makefile.in
index 4aeb7619911..d1b46938718 100644
--- a/dlls/hlink/Makefile.in
+++ b/dlls/hlink/Makefile.in
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ IMPORTLIB = hlink
 IMPORTS   = uuid shell32 ole32 advapi32
 DELAYIMPORTS = urlmon
 
+EXTRADLLFLAGS = -mno-cygwin
+
 C_SRCS = \
 	browse_ctx.c \
 	extserv.c \
diff --git a/dlls/hlink/extserv.c b/dlls/hlink/extserv.c
index 3a97fa9cb95..98af4c1aecd 100644
--- a/dlls/hlink/extserv.c
+++ b/dlls/hlink/extserv.c
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "hlink_private.h"
 
 #include "wine/debug.h"
-#include "wine/unicode.h"
 
 WINE_DEFAULT_DEBUG_CHANNEL(hlink);
 
@@ -243,7 +242,7 @@ static HRESULT ExtServ_ImplSetAdditionalHeaders(ExtensionService* This, LPCWSTR
     if (!pwzAdditionalHeaders)
         return S_OK;
 
-    len = strlenW(pwzAdditionalHeaders);
+    len = lstrlenW(pwzAdditionalHeaders);
 
     if(len && pwzAdditionalHeaders[len-1] != '\n' && pwzAdditionalHeaders[len-1] != '\r') {
         static const WCHAR endlW[] = {'\r','\n',0};
diff --git a/dlls/hlink/hlink_main.c b/dlls/hlink/hlink_main.c
index 4af5961753b..be639363a80 100644
--- a/dlls/hlink/hlink_main.c
+++ b/dlls/hlink/hlink_main.c
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ HRESULT WINAPI HlinkCreateFromString( LPCWSTR pwzTarget, LPCWSTR pwzLocation,
 
     if (pwzTarget)
     {
-        hash = strchrW(pwzTarget, '#');
+        hash = wcschr(pwzTarget, '#');
         if (hash)
         {
             if (hash == pwzTarget)
@@ -280,11 +280,11 @@ HRESULT WINAPI HlinkIsShortcut(LPCWSTR pwzFileName)
     if(!pwzFileName)
         return E_INVALIDARG;
 
-    len = strlenW(pwzFileName)-4;
+    len = lstrlenW(pwzFileName)-4;
     if(len < 0)
         return S_FALSE;
 
-    return strcmpiW(pwzFileName+len, url_ext) ? S_FALSE : S_OK;
+    return wcsicmp(pwzFileName+len, url_ext) ? S_FALSE : S_OK;
 }
 
 /***********************************************************************
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ HRESULT WINAPI HlinkParseDisplayName(LPBC pibc, LPCWSTR pwzDisplayName, BOOL fNo
     if(fNoForceAbs)
         FIXME("Unsupported fNoForceAbs\n");
 
-    if(!strncmpiW(pwzDisplayName, file_colonW, ARRAY_SIZE(file_colonW))) {
+    if(!wcsnicmp(pwzDisplayName, file_colonW, ARRAY_SIZE(file_colonW))) {
         pwzDisplayName += ARRAY_SIZE(file_colonW);
         eaten += ARRAY_SIZE(file_colonW);
 
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ HRESULT WINAPI HlinkParseDisplayName(LPBC pibc, LPCWSTR pwzDisplayName, BOOL fNo
 
     hres = CreateFileMoniker(pwzDisplayName, ppimk);
     if(SUCCEEDED(hres))
-        *pcchEaten = eaten + strlenW(pwzDisplayName);
+        *pcchEaten = eaten + lstrlenW(pwzDisplayName);
 
     return hres;
 }
diff --git a/dlls/hlink/hlink_private.h b/dlls/hlink/hlink_private.h
index 1b7847bb743..565c264fee9 100644
--- a/dlls/hlink/hlink_private.h
+++ b/dlls/hlink/hlink_private.h
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 #include "hlink.h"
 
 #include "wine/heap.h"
-#include "wine/unicode.h"
 
 extern HRESULT HLink_Constructor(IUnknown*,REFIID,void**) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
 extern HRESULT HLinkBrowseContext_Constructor(IUnknown*,REFIID,void**) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
@@ -40,7 +39,7 @@ static inline LPWSTR hlink_strdupW(LPCWSTR str)
     if(str) {
         DWORD size;
 
-        size = (strlenW(str)+1)*sizeof(WCHAR);
+        size = (lstrlenW(str)+1)*sizeof(WCHAR);
         ret = heap_alloc(size);
         memcpy(ret, str, size);
     }
@@ -55,7 +54,7 @@ static inline LPWSTR hlink_co_strdupW(LPCWSTR str)
     if(str) {
         DWORD size;
 
-        size = (strlenW(str)+1)*sizeof(WCHAR);
+        size = (lstrlenW(str)+1)*sizeof(WCHAR);
         ret = CoTaskMemAlloc(size);
         memcpy(ret, str, size);
     }
diff --git a/dlls/hlink/link.c b/dlls/hlink/link.c
index e3de7646ef2..e11db125165 100644
--- a/dlls/hlink/link.c
+++ b/dlls/hlink/link.c
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ static HRESULT WINAPI IHlink_fnSetMonikerReference( IHlink* iface,
             CreateBindCtx( 0, &pbc);
             IMoniker_GetDisplayName(This->Moniker, pbc, NULL, &display_name);
             IBindCtx_Release(pbc);
-            This->absolute = display_name && strchrW(display_name, ':');
+            This->absolute = display_name && wcschr(display_name, ':');
             CoTaskMemFree(display_name);
         }
     }
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ static HRESULT WINAPI IHlink_fnSetStringReference(IHlink* iface,
 
             if (FAILED(r))
             {
-                LPCWSTR p = strchrW(pwzTarget, ':');
+                LPCWSTR p = wcschr(pwzTarget, ':');
                 if (p && (p - pwzTarget > 1))
                     r = CreateURLMoniker(NULL, pwzTarget, &pMon);
                 else
@@ -739,7 +739,7 @@ static HRESULT write_hlink_string(IStream *pStm, LPCWSTR str)
 
     TRACE("(%p, %s)\n", pStm, debugstr_w(str));
 
-    len = strlenW(str) + 1;
+    len = lstrlenW(str) + 1;
 
     hr = IStream_Write(pStm, &len, sizeof(len), NULL);
     if (FAILED(hr)) return hr;
@@ -752,7 +752,7 @@ static HRESULT write_hlink_string(IStream *pStm, LPCWSTR str)
 
 static inline ULONG size_hlink_string(LPCWSTR str)
 {
-    return sizeof(DWORD) + (strlenW(str) + 1) * sizeof(WCHAR);
+    return sizeof(DWORD) + (lstrlenW(str) + 1) * sizeof(WCHAR);
 }
 
 static HRESULT read_hlink_string(IStream *pStm, LPWSTR *out_str)