diff --git a/m4/curl-confopts.m4 b/m4/curl-confopts.m4
index 04b98b370b..301e2d460b 100644
--- a/m4/curl-confopts.m4
+++ b/m4/curl-confopts.m4
@@ -458,8 +458,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([CURL_CONFIGURE_SYMBOL_HIDING], [
   AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether hiding of library internal symbols will actually happen])
   CFLAG_CURL_SYMBOL_HIDING=""
   doing_symbol_hiding="no"
-  if test x"$curl_cv_native_windows" != "xyes" &&
-    test "$want_symbol_hiding" = "yes" &&
+  if test "$want_symbol_hiding" = "yes" &&
     test "$supports_symbol_hiding" = "yes"; then
     doing_symbol_hiding="yes"
     CFLAG_CURL_SYMBOL_HIDING="$symbol_hiding_CFLAGS"