diff --git a/include/GL/gl.h b/include/GL/gl.h
index 191560ef640..e2f5408a5d5 100644
--- a/include/GL/gl.h
+++ b/include/GL/gl.h
@@ -38,9 +38,7 @@
 #if defined(__WIN32__) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
 #  if (defined(_MSC_VER) || defined(__MINGW32__)) && defined(BUILD_GL32) /* tag specify we're building mesa as a DLL */
 #    define GLAPI __declspec(dllexport)
-#  elif (defined(_MSC_VER) || defined(__MINGW32__)) && defined(_DLL) /* tag specifying we're building for DLL runtime support */
-#    define GLAPI __declspec(dllimport)
-#  else /* for use with static link lib build of Win32 edition only */
+#  else
 #    define GLAPI extern
 #  endif
 #  if defined(__MINGW32__) && defined(GL_NO_STDCALL) || defined(UNDER_CE)  /* The generated DLLs by MingW with STDCALL are not compatible with the ones done by Microsoft's compilers */