diff --git a/config.mak.uname b/config.mak.uname
index ce83cad47a..fd7b6a9042 100644
--- a/config.mak.uname
+++ b/config.mak.uname
@@ -656,7 +656,6 @@ ifeq ($(uname_S),MINGW)
 	UNRELIABLE_FSTAT = UnfortunatelyYes
 	OBJECT_CREATION_USES_RENAMES = UnfortunatelyNeedsTo
 	NO_REGEX = YesPlease
-	NO_PYTHON = YesPlease
 	ETAGS_TARGET = ETAGS
 	NO_POSIX_GOODIES = UnfortunatelyYes
 	DEFAULT_HELP_FORMAT = html
@@ -686,6 +685,7 @@ ifneq (,$(wildcard ../THIS_IS_MSYSGIT))
 	INTERNAL_QSORT = YesPlease
 	HAVE_LIBCHARSET_H = YesPlease
 	NO_GETTEXT = YesPlease
+	NO_PYTHON = YesPlease
 	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -D__USE_MINGW_ACCESS
 else
 	ifneq ($(shell expr "$(uname_R)" : '1\.'),2)
@@ -730,6 +730,7 @@ else
 	else
 		COMPAT_CFLAGS += -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO
 		NO_CURL = YesPlease
+		NO_PYTHON = YesPlease
 	endif
 endif
 endif