diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 6831f4edf..3f50d7169 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4366,7 +4366,7 @@ fi
     fi
 else
   INSTALL_COMMAND="install_unix"
-  ENABLE_WINCONSOLE=""
+  ENABLE_WINCONSOLE="#"
 
 { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for sin in -lm" >&5
 echo $ECHO_N "checking for sin in -lm... $ECHO_C" >&6; }
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index dbb23e6d8..16d98f5de 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ then
     fi
 else
   INSTALL_COMMAND="install_unix"
-  ENABLE_WINCONSOLE=""
+  ENABLE_WINCONSOLE="#"
   AC_CHECK_LIB(m,sin)
   AC_CHECK_LIB(socket,socket)
   dnl X/Open Networking is sometimes a separate library