diff --git a/src/corelib/codecs/codecs.pri b/src/corelib/codecs/codecs.pri
index 0b40f795ad..34b5a87104 100644
--- a/src/corelib/codecs/codecs.pri
+++ b/src/corelib/codecs/codecs.pri
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ contains(QT_CONFIG,icu) {
                     SOURCES += codecs/qiconvcodec.cpp
                     DEFINES += GNU_LIBICONV
             }
-    } else {
+    } else:!win32 {
         DEFINES += QT_NO_ICONV
     }
     win32 {