diff --git a/acconfig.h b/acconfig.h
index 0b2f1651e6..de3c7dfead 100644
--- a/acconfig.h
+++ b/acconfig.h
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 #undef PLUGINS_USE_BUILDDIR
 
 #undef GST_CONFIG_DIR
-#undef GST_WIN32_LIBDIR
 
 #undef HAVE_CPU_I386
 #undef HAVE_CPU_PPC
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b2cb032a33..cfbfc68fe2 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -446,17 +446,6 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(configdir,
 esac], 
 [:]) dnl Default value
 
-dnl Default value
-GST_WIN32_LIBDIR="/usr/lib/win32"
-AC_ARG_WITH(win32_libdir,
-[  --with-win32-libdir          specify location for win32 DLLs],
-[case "${withval}" in
-  yes) AC_MSG_ERROR(bad value ${withval} for --with-win32-libdir) ;;
-  no) AC_MSG_ERROR(bad value ${withval} for --with-win32-libdir) ;;
-  *) GST_WIN32_LIBDIR="${withval}" ;;
-esac],
-[:]) dnl Default value
-
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(docs-build,
 [  --enable-docs-build          enable building of documentation],
 [case "${enableval}" in
@@ -619,10 +608,6 @@ dnl Set location of configuration dir.
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(GST_CONFIG_DIR,"$GST_CONFIG_DIR")
 AC_SUBST(GST_CONFIG_DIR)
 
-dnl Set location of windows dll dir.
-AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(GST_WIN32_LIBDIR,"$GST_WIN32_LIBDIR")
-AC_SUBST(GST_WIN32_LIBDIR)
-
 dnl Set location of plugin directory
 if test "x${prefix}" = "xNONE"; then
   PLUGINS_DIR=${ac_default_prefix}/lib/gst