diff --git a/connect.c b/connect.c
index c1483bf4f8..12903986f3 100644
--- a/connect.c
+++ b/connect.c
@@ -523,8 +523,13 @@ struct child_process *git_connect(int fd[2], const char *url_orig,
 		end = host;
 
 	path = strchr(end, c);
+#ifdef __MINGW32__
 	/* host must have at least 2 chars to catch DOS C:/path */
-	if (path && path - end > 1) {
+	if (path && path - end > 1)
+#else
+	if (path)
+#endif
+	{
 		if (c == ':') {
 			protocol = PROTO_SSH;
 			*path++ = '\0';
diff --git a/path.c b/path.c
index e264bb34a9..7f1853939d 100644
--- a/path.c
+++ b/path.c
@@ -75,11 +75,13 @@ int git_mkstemp(char *path, size_t len, const char *template)
 	size_t n;
 
 	tmp = getenv("TMPDIR");
+#ifdef __MINGW32__
 	/* on Windows it is TMP and TEMP */
 	if (!tmp)
 	    tmp = getenv("TMP");
 	if (!tmp)
 	    tmp = getenv("TEMP");
+#endif
 	if (!tmp)
 		tmp = "/tmp";
 	n = snprintf(path, len, "%s/%s", tmp, template);