diff --git a/configure/RULES_BUILD b/configure/RULES_BUILD
index 5bb3290d6..fbe264daf 100644
--- a/configure/RULES_BUILD
+++ b/configure/RULES_BUILD
@@ -268,17 +268,13 @@ endif # RANLIB
 
 $(DLL_LINK_LIBNAME): $(LIBRARY_OBJS) $(LIBRARY_RESS) $(SHRLIB_DEPLIBS) 
 
-$(DLL_LINK_LIBNAME):$(SHRLIB_PREFIX)%.lib:
-	@$(RM) $@
-	$(LINK.shrlib)
-	$(MT_DLL_COMMAND)
-
 $(SHRLIBNAME): $(LIBRARY_OBJS) $(LIBRARY_RESS) $(SHRLIB_DEPLIBS)
 
+ifneq ($(OS_CLASS),WIN32)
 $(SHRLIBNAME):$(SHRLIB_PREFIX)%$(SHRLIB_SUFFIX):
 	@$(RM) $@
 	$(LINK.shrlib)
-	$(MT_DLL_COMMAND)
+endif
 
 $(LOADABLE_SHRLIBNAME): $(LIBRARY_OBJS) $(LIBRARY_RESS) $(SHRLIB_DEPLIBS)
 
@@ -438,6 +434,15 @@ $(INSTALL_TEMPLATES_SUBDIR)/%: %
 	@echo "Installing $@"
 	@$(INSTALL) -d -m $(INSTALL_PERMISSIONS) $< $(@D)
 
+ifeq ($(OS_CLASS),WIN32)
+ifeq ($(SHARED_LIBRARIES),YES)
+$(LIB_PREFIX)%$(LIB_SUFFIX) $(SHRLIB_PREFIX)%$(SHRLIB_SUFFIX):
+	@$(RM) $@
+	$(LINK.shrlib)
+	$(MT_DLL_COMMAND)
+endif
+endif
+
 -include $(CONFIG)/RULES_EXPAND
 
 .PRECIOUS: %.i %.o %.c %.nm %.cpp %.cc