diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fe8c63acad..1bd6106f87 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -241,11 +241,6 @@ recurse-clean: $(addsuffix /clean, $(TARGET_DIRS) $(ROM_DIRS))
 recurse-install: $(addsuffix /install, $(TARGET_DIRS))
 $(addsuffix /install, $(TARGET_DIRS)): all
 
-$(BUILD_DIR)/version.o: $(SRC_PATH)/version.rc config-host.h
-	$(call quiet-command,$(WINDRES) -I$(BUILD_DIR) -o $@ $<,"RC","version.o")
-
-Makefile: $(version-obj-y)
-
 ######################################################################
 
 clean: recurse-clean ninja-clean clean-ctlist
diff --git a/Makefile.objs b/Makefile.objs
index 5295c3a623..c351b59641 100644
--- a/Makefile.objs
+++ b/Makefile.objs
@@ -32,7 +32,3 @@ crypto-obj-y = crypto/libcrypto.fa
 io-obj-y = io/libio.fa
 
 endif # CONFIG_SOFTMMU or CONFIG_TOOLS
-
-######################################################################
-# Resource file for Windows executables
-version-obj-$(CONFIG_WIN32) += $(BUILD_DIR)/version.o
diff --git a/rules.mak b/rules.mak
index b983c7f83f..6d89001f0a 100644
--- a/rules.mak
+++ b/rules.mak
@@ -77,8 +77,6 @@ expand-objs = $(strip $(sort $(filter %.o,$1)) \
 	$(call quiet-command,$(CC) $(QEMU_LOCAL_INCLUDES) $(QEMU_INCLUDES) \
 	       $(QEMU_CFLAGS) $(QEMU_DGFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $($@-cflags) \
 	       -c -o $@ $<,"CC","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
-%.o: %.rc
-	$(call quiet-command,$(WINDRES) -I. -o $@ $<,"RC","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
 
 # If we have a CXX we might have some C++ objects, in which case we
 # must link with the C++ compiler, not the plain C compiler.
@@ -86,7 +84,7 @@ LINKPROG = $(or $(CXX),$(CC))
 
 LINK = $(call quiet-command, $(LINKPROG) $(CFLAGS) $(QEMU_LDFLAGS) -o $@ \
        $(call process-archive-undefs, $1) \
-       $(version-obj-y) $(call extract-libs,$1) $(LIBS),"LINK","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+       $(call extract-libs,$1) $(LIBS),"LINK","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
 
 %.o: %.S
 	$(call quiet-command,$(CCAS) $(QEMU_LOCAL_INCLUDES) $(QEMU_INCLUDES) \