diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d9b70d6ddd3..4130662e8e7 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -4492,8 +4492,8 @@ case "$opsys" in
 
   mingw32)
    case "$canonical" in
-     x86_64-*-*) LD_SWITCH_SYSTEM_TEMACS="-Wl,-stack,0x00800000 -Wl,-heap,0x00100000 -Wl,-image-base,0x01000000 -Wl,-subsystem,console -Wl,-entry,_start -Wl,-Map,./temacs.map" ;;
-     *) LD_SWITCH_SYSTEM_TEMACS="-Wl,-stack,0x00800000 -Wl,-heap,0x00100000 -Wl,-image-base,0x01000000 -Wl,-subsystem,console -Wl,-entry,__start -Wl,-Map,./temacs.map" ;;
+     x86_64-*-*) LD_SWITCH_SYSTEM_TEMACS="-Wl,-stack,0x00800000 -Wl,-heap,0x00100000 -Wl,-image-base,0x01000000 -Wl,-entry,_start -Wl,-Map,./temacs.map" ;;
+     *) LD_SWITCH_SYSTEM_TEMACS="-Wl,-stack,0x00800000 -Wl,-heap,0x00100000 -Wl,-image-base,0x01000000 -Wl,-entry,__start -Wl,-Map,./temacs.map" ;;
    esac
    ;;