diff --git a/config_host.mk.in b/config_host.mk.in
index 8d8b6e013db1..f9d4e2f0d05d 100644
--- a/config_host.mk.in
+++ b/config_host.mk.in
@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@ export DISABLE_CVE_TESTS=@DISABLE_CVE_TESTS@
 export DISABLE_DYNLOADING=@DISABLE_DYNLOADING@
 export DISABLE_PYTHON=@DISABLE_PYTHON@
 export DLOPEN_LIBS=@DLOPEN_LIBS@
-export DLLTOOL=@DLLTOOL@
 export DOCDIR=@DOCDIR@
 export DOXYGEN=@DOXYGEN@
 export DO_FETCH_TARBALLS=@DO_FETCH_TARBALLS@
@@ -683,7 +682,6 @@ export WINDOWS_SDK_LIB_SUBDIR=@WINDOWS_SDK_LIB_SUBDIR@
 export WINDOWS_SDK_VERSION=@WINDOWS_SDK_VERSION@
 export WINDOWS_SDK_WILANGID=@WINDOWS_SDK_WILANGID@
 export WINDOWS_X64=@WINDOWS_X64@
-export WINDRES=@WINDRES@
 export WITH_COMPAT_OOWRAPPERS=@WITH_COMPAT_OOWRAPPERS@
 export WITH_EXTENSION_INTEGRATION=@WITH_EXTENSION_INTEGRATION@
 export WITH_EXTRA_EXTENSIONS=@WITH_EXTRA_EXTENSIONS@
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 90fc05c31f80..4c9690d01007 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -6262,13 +6262,8 @@ if test "$_os" != "WINNT"; then
     AC_CHECK_TOOL(OBJDUMP,objdump)
     AC_CHECK_TOOL(READELF,readelf)
     AC_CHECK_TOOL(STRIP,strip)
-    if test "$_os" = "WINNT"; then
-        AC_CHECK_TOOL(DLLTOOL,dlltool)
-        AC_CHECK_TOOL(WINDRES,windres)
-    fi
 fi
 AC_SUBST(AR)
-AC_SUBST(DLLTOOL)
 AC_SUBST(LD)
 AC_SUBST(NM)
 AC_SUBST(OBJDUMP)
@@ -6278,7 +6273,6 @@ AC_SUBST(PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR)
 AC_SUBST(RANLIB)
 AC_SUBST(READELF)
 AC_SUBST(STRIP)
-AC_SUBST(WINDRES)
 
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