diff --git a/sc2/build/unix/build.config b/sc2/build/unix/build.config
index a5e145703..126b61f34 100644
--- a/sc2/build/unix/build.config
+++ b/sc2/build/unix/build.config
@@ -72,12 +72,11 @@ uqm_requirements()
 	define_have_header regex.h
 
 	# If we have the regex header, see if we need to link it specially
-	if have_header regex.h; then
-		define_have_symbol regcomp
-		if not have_symbol regcomp; then
+	case "$HOST_SYSTEM" in
+		MINGW32*)
 			LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -lregex"
-		fi
-	fi
+			;;
+	esac
 
 	# Add define for HAVE__BOOL
 	define_have_type _Bool