diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index fdee5978d..0791b2528 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ case $host in
    AC_MSG_CHECKING(for DLL/static GMP)
    if test "$enable_shared" = yes; then
      MPFR_LDFLAGS="$MPFR_LDFLAGS -no-undefined"
-     LIBMPFR_LDFLAGS="$LIBMPFR_LDFLAGS -Wl,--output-def,.libs/libmpfr-6.dll.def"
+     LIBMPFR_LDFLAGS="$LIBMPFR_LDFLAGS -W1,--no-undefined"
      AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[
 #include "gmp.h"
 #if !__GMP_LIBGMP_DLL