diff --git a/config/ChangeLog b/config/ChangeLog
index 1711928ced..c39e15a8cc 100644
--- a/config/ChangeLog
+++ b/config/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2003-03-10  Jean-Marc Lasgouttes  <lasgouttes@lyx.org>
+
+	* configure.ac: 
+	* configure.in: remove special handling of linking order for
+	cygwin
+
 2003-03-05  Lars Gullik Bjønnes  <larsbj@gullik.net>
 
 	* lyxinclude213.m4: add a AC_HELP_STRING
diff --git a/config/configure.ac b/config/configure.ac
index 135323198c..f9d868e30e 100644
--- a/config/configure.ac
+++ b/config/configure.ac
@@ -152,14 +152,7 @@ case "$lyx_use_frontend" in
         RPM_FRONTEND_DEPS='libforms >= 1.0'
 	FRONTEND_GUILIB="xforms/*.lo xforms/forms/*.lo"
 	FRONTEND_INCLUDES="-I\$(srcdir)/xforms"
-	case "$host" in
-	  *cygwin)
-	    FRONTEND_LIBS="@XFORMS_LIB@ @XFORMS_IMAGE_LIB@ @XPM_LIB@"
-	    ;;
-	  *)
-	    FRONTEND_LIBS="@XFORMS_IMAGE_LIB@ @XFORMS_LIB@ @XPM_LIB@"
-	    ;;
-	esac
+	FRONTEND_LIBS="@XFORMS_IMAGE_LIB@ @XFORMS_LIB@ @XPM_LIB@"
 	FRONTEND_INFO="    libXpm version:               ${XPM_VERSION}\n\
     libforms version:             ${XFORMS_VERSION}\n"
 	;;
diff --git a/config/configure.in b/config/configure.in
index 1c9649d1fd..4adcfe1130 100644
--- a/config/configure.in
+++ b/config/configure.in
@@ -155,14 +155,7 @@ case "$lyx_use_frontend" in
         RPM_FRONTEND_DEPS='libforms >= 1.0'
 	FRONTEND_GUILIB="xforms/*.lo xforms/forms/*.lo"
 	FRONTEND_INCLUDES="-I\$(srcdir)/xforms"
-	case "$host" in
-	  *cygwin)
-	    FRONTEND_LIBS="@XFORMS_LIB@ @XFORMS_IMAGE_LIB@ @XPM_LIB@"
-	    ;;
-	  *)
-	    FRONTEND_LIBS="@XFORMS_IMAGE_LIB@ @XFORMS_LIB@ @XPM_LIB@"
-	    ;;
-	esac
+	FRONTEND_LIBS="@XFORMS_IMAGE_LIB@ @XFORMS_LIB@ @XPM_LIB@"
 	FRONTEND_INFO="    libXpm version:               ${XPM_VERSION}\n\
     libforms version:             ${XFORMS_VERSION}\n"
 	;;