diff --git a/packaging/windows/mingw-make.sh b/packaging/windows/mingw-make.sh
index e9a55ba3a..1c94ff963 100755
--- a/packaging/windows/mingw-make.sh
+++ b/packaging/windows/mingw-make.sh
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ if [[ $1 == "Qt5-64" ]] ; then
 		QMAKE_MOC=/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/qt5/moc \
 		QMAKE_UIC=/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/qt5/uic \
 		QMAKE_RCC=/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/qt5/rcc \
-		LIBDCDEVEL=../libdivecomputer \
 		LIBMARBLEDEVEL=../marble \
 		LIBGIT2DEVEL=../libgit2 CONFIG+=libgit21-api \
 		QMAKE_LIBDIR+=../openssl \
@@ -68,7 +67,6 @@ else
 
 	mingw32-qmake-qt4 \
 		CROSS_PATH=/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw \
-		LIBDCDEVEL=../libdivecomputer \
 		LIBMARBLEDEVEL=../marble \
 		LIBGIT2DEVEL=../libgit2 CONFIG+=libgit21-api \
 		$BASEDIR/../../subsurface.pro
diff --git a/scripts/win-ldd.pl b/scripts/win-ldd.pl
index 9a303d325..7870a13e3 100644
--- a/scripts/win-ldd.pl
+++ b/scripts/win-ldd.pl
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ for (@ARGV) {
 	next if /^-/;
 	if (-d $_) {
 		push @searchdirs, $_;
-	} elsif (-f $_) {
+	} elsif (-f $_ && ! /\.a$/) {
 		# Add $_'s path to the search list too
 		my $dirname = $_;
 		$dirname =~ s,/[^/]+$,,;