diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 7df4ac5e0..6d5732107 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -2528,7 +2528,10 @@ AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-render-d3d], [enable the Direct3D render driver [[defau
             have_loadso=yes
         fi
         # Set up the system libraries we need
-        EXTRA_LDFLAGS="$EXTRA_LDFLAGS -lunicows -luser32 -lgdi32 -lmsimg32 -lwinmm"
+        # SDL 1.3 is unicode, and unicows emulates this on Windows 98/ME
+        # You can get this here: http://libunicows.sourceforge.net/
+        #EXTRA_LDFLAGS="$EXTRA_LDFLAGS -lunicows"
+        EXTRA_LDFLAGS="$EXTRA_LDFLAGS -luser32 -lgdi32 -lmsimg32 -lwinmm"
         # The Win32 platform requires special setup
         SOURCES="$SOURCES $srcdir/src/main/win32/*.rc"
         SDLMAIN_SOURCES="$srcdir/src/main/win32/*.c"