diff --git a/ares/configure.ac b/ares/configure.ac
index d1905d264371598bcf0ba5402f4e0c5634f52725..e625065584598681a0f2c93ee6acc6da03441be9 100644
--- a/ares/configure.ac
+++ b/ares/configure.ac
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ m4_defun([AC_LIBTOOL_F77],[])
 dnl force libtool to build static libraries with PIC on AMD64
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([if target is AMD64 (to build static libraries with PIC)])
 case $host in
-  x86_64*linux* | *-*-cygwin)
+  x86_64*linux*)
     AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
     with_pic=yes
     ;;
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 5bcbce4fb07f37a4eef96b5acb72204005c72d5f..22c86e36e45cba07caae7bfd9029a0e44a539b72 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ m4_defun([AC_LIBTOOL_F77],[])
 dnl force libtool to build static libraries with PIC on AMD64
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([if target is AMD64 (to build static libraries with PIC)])
 case $host in
-  x86_64*linux* | *-*-cygwin)
+  x86_64*linux*)
     AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
     with_pic=yes
     ;;