diff --git a/auto/src/glew_init_tail.c b/auto/src/glew_init_tail.c
index 2ef3d5b..c7be402 100644
--- a/auto/src/glew_init_tail.c
+++ b/auto/src/glew_init_tail.c
@@ -53,3 +53,12 @@ GLenum GLEWAPIENTRY glewInit (void)
   return r;
 #endif /* _WIN32 */
 }
+
+#if defined(_WIN32) && defined(GLEW_BUILD) && defined(__GNUC__)
+/* GCC requires a DLL entry point even without any standard library included. */
+/* Types extracted from windows.h to avoid polluting the rest of the file. */
+int __stdcall DllMainCRTStartup(void* instance, unsigned reason, void* reserved)
+{
+  return 1;
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/build/cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/build/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
index 3c6d892..d1c367b 100644
--- a/build/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/build/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -78,10 +78,6 @@ set (GLEW_SRC_FILES ${GLEW_DIR}/src/glew.c)
 
 if (WIN32)
   list (APPEND GLEW_SRC_FILES ${GLEW_DIR}/build/glew.rc)
-  if ((CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "GNU") OR (CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang"))
-    # GCC can't handle not having a DLL entry point, so give it a fake one
-    list (APPEND GLEW_SRC_FILES ${GLEW_DIR}/src/gcc_dll_entry.c)
-  endif ()
 endif ()
 
 add_library (glew SHARED ${GLEW_SRC_FILES})
diff --git a/src/gcc_dll_entry.c b/src/gcc_dll_entry.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 726f05f..0000000
--- a/src/gcc_dll_entry.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#ifdef GLEW_BUILD
-#include <windows.h>
-BOOL WINAPI DllMainCRTStartup(HINSTANCE instance, DWORD reason, LPVOID reserved)
-{
-  return TRUE;
-}
-#endif
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