diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 36909048f4..05dbca7e6e 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3222,6 +3222,7 @@ case $target_os in
         enable dos_paths
         ;;
     win32|win64)
+        disable symver
         if enabled shared; then
             # Link to the import library instead of the normal static library
             # for shared libs.