diff --git a/lib/Makefile.m32 b/lib/Makefile.m32
index 01c23a1f2..6da5a1556 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile.m32
+++ b/lib/Makefile.m32
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #############################################################
 #
-## Makefile for building libcurl.a with MingW32 (GCC-2.95) and
+## Makefile for building libcurl.a with MingW32 (GCC-3.2) and
 ## optionally OpenSSL (0.9.6)
 ## Use: make -f Makefile.m32
 ##
@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@
 
 CC = gcc
 AR = ar
+RM = rm -f 
 RANLIB = ranlib
 STRIP = strip -g
-OPENSSL_PATH = ../../openssl-0.9.6d
+OPENSSL_PATH = ../../openssl-0.9.6g
 ZLIB_PATH = ../../zlib-1.1.3
 
 ########################################################
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ OBJECTS = $(libcurl_a_OBJECTS)
 all: libcurl.a libcurl.dll libcurldll.a
 
 libcurl.a: $(libcurl_a_OBJECTS) $(libcurl_a_DEPENDENCIES)
-	-@erase libcurl.a
+	$(RM) libcurl.a
 	$(AR) cru libcurl.a $(libcurl_a_OBJECTS)
 	$(RANLIB) libcurl.a
 	$(STRIP) $@
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ libcurl.a: $(libcurl_a_OBJECTS) $(libcurl_a_DEPENDENCIES)
 # remove the last line above to keep debug info
 
 libcurl.dll libcurldll.a: libcurl.a libcurl.def dllinit.o
-	-@erase $@
+	$(RM) $@
 	dllwrap --dllname $@ --output-lib libcurldll.a --export-all --def libcurl.def $(libcurl_a_LIBRARIES) dllinit.o $(DLL_LIBS) -lwsock32 -lws2_32 -lwinmm
 	$(STRIP) $@
 
@@ -84,9 +85,9 @@ libcurl.dll libcurldll.a: libcurl.a libcurl.def dllinit.o
 	$(COMPILE) -c $<
 
 clean:
-	-@erase $(libcurl_a_OBJECTS)
+	$(RM) $(libcurl_a_OBJECTS)
 
 distrib: clean
 
-	-@erase $(libcurl_a_LIBRARIES)
+	$(RM) $(libcurl_a_LIBRARIES)