diff --git a/configure b/configure
index fd5c48a680..ddcf42b1f1 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -37550,6 +37550,11 @@ $as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: GStreamer not available... disabling wxMediaCtrl" >&2
 fi
 
 
+if test "$wxUSE_MSW" = 1 ; then
+    EXTRALIBS_STC="-limm32"
+fi
+
+
 if test "x$prefix" != "xNONE"; then
     wxPREFIX=$prefix
 else
@@ -37815,7 +37820,6 @@ EXTRALIBS="$LDFLAGS $LDFLAGS_VERSIONING $LIBS $DMALLOC_LIBS"
 EXTRALIBS_XML="$EXPAT_LINK"
 EXTRALIBS_HTML="$MSPACK_LINK"
 EXTRALIBS_MEDIA="$GST_LIBS"
-EXTRALIBS_STC="-lwxscintilla${WX_LIB_FLAVOUR}-${WX_RELEASE}${HOST_SUFFIX}"
 if test "$wxUSE_GUI" = "yes"; then
     EXTRALIBS_GUI=`echo $GUI_TK_LIBRARY $SDL_LIBS $PNG_LINK $JPEG_LINK $TIFF_LINK $LZMA_LINK $JBIG_LINK $WEBKIT_LINK`
 fi
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index c45f68fff5..44d0134859 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -7724,6 +7724,14 @@ if test "$wxUSE_MEDIACTRL" = "yes" -o "$wxUSE_MEDIACTRL" = "auto"; then
     fi
 fi
 
+dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+dnl wxStyledTextCtrl
+dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+if test "$wxUSE_MSW" = 1 ; then
+    EXTRALIBS_STC="-limm32"
+fi
+
 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 dnl define the variable containing the installation prefix (used in dcpsg.cpp)
 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -7982,7 +7990,6 @@ EXTRALIBS="$LDFLAGS $LDFLAGS_VERSIONING $LIBS $DMALLOC_LIBS"
 EXTRALIBS_XML="$EXPAT_LINK"
 EXTRALIBS_HTML="$MSPACK_LINK"
 EXTRALIBS_MEDIA="$GST_LIBS"
-EXTRALIBS_STC="-lwxscintilla${WX_LIB_FLAVOUR}-${WX_RELEASE}${HOST_SUFFIX}"
 if test "$wxUSE_GUI" = "yes"; then
     EXTRALIBS_GUI=`echo $GUI_TK_LIBRARY $SDL_LIBS $PNG_LINK $JPEG_LINK $TIFF_LINK $LZMA_LINK $JBIG_LINK $WEBKIT_LINK`
 fi