diff --git a/winsup/utils/ChangeLog b/winsup/utils/ChangeLog
index 3d8420b38..9eaa7dc0b 100644
--- a/winsup/utils/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/utils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2013-02-20  Yaakov Selkowitz  <yselkowitz@users.sourceforge.net>
+
+	* Makefile.in (CYGWIN_LDFLAGS): Replace -static-lib* with -static.
+	(MINGW_LDFLAGS): Ditto.
+	(ZLIB): Simplify accordingly.
+
 2012-12-14  Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
 
 	* utils.sgml (mount): Document sparse mount option.
diff --git a/winsup/utils/Makefile.in b/winsup/utils/Makefile.in
index 0a352d4d0..93894e821 100644
--- a/winsup/utils/Makefile.in
+++ b/winsup/utils/Makefile.in
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ EXEEXT_FOR_BUILD:=@EXEEXT_FOR_BUILD@
 .PHONY: all install clean realclean warn_dumper warn_cygcheck_zlib
 
 LDLIBS := -lnetapi32 -ladvapi32 -lkernel32 -luser32
-CYGWIN_LDFLAGS := -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++ -Wl,--enable-auto-import -L${WINDOWS_LIBDIR} $(LDLIBS)
+CYGWIN_LDFLAGS := -static -Wl,--enable-auto-import -L${WINDOWS_LIBDIR} $(LDLIBS)
 DEP_LDLIBS := $(cygwin_build)/libcygwin.a
 
 MINGW_CXX      := @MINGW_CXX@
@@ -67,10 +67,10 @@ MINGW_BINS := ${addsuffix .exe,cygcheck cygwin-console-helper ldh strace}
 # list will will be compiled in Cygwin mode implicitly, so there is no
 # need for a CYGWIN_OBJS.
 MINGW_OBJS := bloda.o cygcheck.o dump_setup.o ldh.o path.o strace.o
-MINGW_LDFLAGS:=-L${WINDOWS_LIBDIR} -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++
+MINGW_LDFLAGS:=-L${WINDOWS_LIBDIR} -static
 
 CYGCHECK_OBJS:=cygcheck.o bloda.o path.o dump_setup.o
-ZLIB:=-Wl,-dn,-lz,-dy
+ZLIB:=-lz
 
 .PHONY: all
 all: