diff --git a/src/widgets/kernel/win.pri b/src/widgets/kernel/win.pri
index 4288e09ecb..dd47664c28 100644
--- a/src/widgets/kernel/win.pri
+++ b/src/widgets/kernel/win.pri
@@ -2,4 +2,6 @@
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 INCLUDEPATH += ../3rdparty/wintab
-LIBS *= -lshell32
+!wince* {
+    LIBS *= -lshell32
+}