diff --git a/autogen/configure b/autogen/configure
index db574207d75..d4df3a49174 100755
--- a/autogen/configure
+++ b/autogen/configure
@@ -9842,7 +9842,7 @@ fi
   W32_RES="emacs.res"
   # Tell the linker that emacs.res is an object (which we compile from
   # the rc file), not a linker script.
-  W32_RES_LINK="-Wl,-bpe-i386 -Wl,emacs.res"
+  W32_RES_LINK="-Wl,emacs.res"
 fi