diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 6452038d1b9..0b0bb5e144b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2077,15 +2077,15 @@ if test "${HAVE_W32}" = "yes"; then
   AC_SUBST(comma_space_version)
   AC_CONFIG_FILES([nt/emacs.rc nt/emacsclient.rc])
   if test "${opsys}" = "cygwin"; then
-    W32_LIBS="$W32_LIBS -lkernel32 -luser32 -lgdi32 -lole32 -lcomdlg32"
-    W32_LIBS="$W32_LIBS -lusp10 -lcomctl32 -lwinspool"
+    W32_LIBS="$W32_LIBS -lkernel32 -luser32 -lusp10 -lgdi32"
+    W32_LIBS="$W32_LIBS -lole32 -lcomdlg32 -lcomctl32 -lwinspool"
     # Tell the linker that emacs.res is an object (which we compile from
     # the rc file), not a linker script.
     W32_RES_LINK="-Wl,emacs.res"
   else
     W32_OBJ="$W32_OBJ w32.o w32console.o w32heap.o w32inevt.o w32proc.o"
-    W32_LIBS="$W32_LIBS -lwinmm -lgdi32 -lcomdlg32"
-    W32_LIBS="$W32_LIBS -lmpr -lwinspool -lole32 -lcomctl32 -lusp10"
+    W32_LIBS="$W32_LIBS -lwinmm -lusp10 -lgdi32 -lcomdlg32"
+    W32_LIBS="$W32_LIBS -lmpr -lwinspool -lole32 -lcomctl32"
     W32_RES_LINK="\$(EMACSRES)"
     CLIENTRES="emacsclient.res"
     CLIENTW="emacsclientw\$(EXEEXT)"
diff --git a/src/Makefile.in b/src/Makefile.in
index 0e55ad4bb29..9a8c9c85f04 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.in
+++ b/src/Makefile.in
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ GNU_OBJC_CFLAGS=$(patsubst -specs=%-hardened-cc1,,@GNU_OBJC_CFLAGS@)
 ## w32xfns.o w32select.o image.o w32uniscribe.o if HAVE_W32, else
 ## empty.
 W32_OBJ=@W32_OBJ@
-## -lkernel32 -luser32 -lgdi32 -lole32 -lcomdlg32 lusp10 -lcomctl32
+## -lkernel32 -luser32 -lusp10 -lgdi32 -lole32 -lcomdlg32 -lcomctl32
 ## --lwinspool if HAVE_W32, else empty.
 W32_LIBS=@W32_LIBS@