diff --git a/config.mak.uname b/config.mak.uname
index 9ebd240378..8dd8acfaa5 100644
--- a/config.mak.uname
+++ b/config.mak.uname
@@ -781,6 +781,7 @@ ifeq ($(uname_S),MINGW)
 	HAVE_LIBCHARSET_H = YesPlease
 	USE_GETTEXT_SCHEME = fallthrough
 	USE_LIBPCRE = YesPlease
+	NO_PYTHON =
         ifeq (/mingw64,$(subst 32,64,$(subst clangarm,mingw,$(prefix))))
 		# Move system config into top-level /etc/
 		ETC_GITCONFIG = ../etc/gitconfig