diff --git a/development/scons/SConstruct b/development/scons/SConstruct
index 1d436c90c9..9db0173ff3 100644
--- a/development/scons/SConstruct
+++ b/development/scons/SConstruct
@@ -1319,7 +1319,7 @@ if frontend == 'qt4':
     if not succ:
         # Under linux, I can test the following perfectly
         # Under windows, lib names need to passed as libXXX4.a ...
-        if platform_name == 'win32' and use_vc:
+        if platform_name == 'win32':
             succ = conf.CheckLibWithHeader('QtCore4', 'QtGui/QApplication', 'c++', 'QApplication qapp();')
         else:
             succ = conf.CheckLibWithHeader('QtCore', 'QtGui/QApplication', 'c++', 'QApplication qapp();')
diff --git a/development/scons/scons_utils.py b/development/scons/scons_utils.py
index 14c0b10152..e377be94be 100644
--- a/development/scons/scons_utils.py
+++ b/development/scons/scons_utils.py
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ def createResFromIcon(env, icon_file, rc_file):
         rc = open(rc_name, 'w')
         print >> rc, 'IDI_ICON1  ICON DISCARDABLE "%s"' % \
             os.path.join(env.Dir('$TOP_SRCDIR').abspath, 'development', 'win32',
-                'packaging', 'icons', icon_file)
+                'packaging', 'icons', icon_file).replace('\\', '\\\\')
         rc.close()
         return env.RES(rc_name)
     else: