diff --git a/config.mak.uname b/config.mak.uname
index ce83cad47a..7fc924d036 100644
--- a/config.mak.uname
+++ b/config.mak.uname
@@ -722,6 +722,7 @@ else
 		USE_LIBPCRE = YesPlease
 		NO_CURL =
 		USE_NED_ALLOCATOR = YesPlease
+		NO_PYTHON =
 		ifeq (/mingw64,$(subst 32,64,$(prefix)))
 			# Move system config into top-level /etc/
 			ETC_GITCONFIG = ../etc/gitconfig