diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 64d7f49019..0f3460567b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ ifneq (,$(findstring MINGW,$(uname_S)))
 	NO_ICONV=YesPlease
 	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -DNO_ETC_PASSWD -DNO_ST_BLOCKS
 	COMPAT_OBJS += compat/mingw.o
-	EXTLIBS += -lws2_32
+	EXTLIBS += -lws2_32 -lregex
 	X = .exe
 endif
 ifneq (,$(findstring arm,$(uname_M)))
diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index f85b0d2f52..d2e83f74a3 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -98,23 +98,6 @@ int fnmatch(const char *pattern, const char *string, int flags)
 	return -1;
 }
 
-int regcomp(regex_t *preg, const char *regex, int cflags)
-{
-	return -1;
-}
-size_t regerror(int errcode, const regex_t *preg, char *errbuf, size_t errbuf_size)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-void regfree(regex_t *preg)
-{
-}
-
-int regexec(const regex_t *preg, const char *string, size_t nmatch, regmatch_t pmatch[], int eflags)
-{
-	return -1;
-}
-
 #include <time.h>
 
 struct tm *gmtime_r(const time_t *timep, struct tm *result)