diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 57045dee89..6933555660 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -995,6 +995,7 @@ ifeq ($(uname_S),Windows)
 	OBJECT_CREATION_USES_RENAMES = UnfortunatelyNeedsTo
 	NO_REGEX = YesPlease
 	NO_CURL = YesPlease
+	NO_PYTHON = YesPlease
 	NO_PTHREADS = YesPlease
 	BLK_SHA1 = YesPlease
 
@@ -1045,6 +1046,7 @@ ifneq (,$(findstring MINGW,$(uname_S)))
 	UNRELIABLE_FSTAT = UnfortunatelyYes
 	OBJECT_CREATION_USES_RENAMES = UnfortunatelyNeedsTo
 	NO_REGEX = YesPlease
+	NO_PYTHON = YesPlease
 	BLK_SHA1 = YesPlease
 	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -D__USE_MINGW_ACCESS -DNOGDI -Icompat -Icompat/fnmatch
 	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -DSTRIP_EXTENSION=\".exe\"