diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 03936fa6..42332f3e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2010-06-03  Giuseppe Scrivano  <gscrivano@gnu.org>
+
+	* configure.ac (W32LIBS): Remove -lwsock32.
+
 2010-05-27  Giuseppe Scrivano  <gscrivano@gnu.org>
 
 	* bootstrap.conf (gnulib_modules): Add `snprintf' module.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b4bd386d..58868fcd 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ WGET_NSL_SOCKET
 dnl Deal with specific hosts
 case $host_os in
   *mingw32* )
-    AC_SUBST(W32LIBS, '-lwsock32 -lws2_32')
+    AC_SUBST(W32LIBS, '-lws2_32')
     AC_LIBOBJ([mswindows])
     ;;
 esac