diff --git a/modules/videoio/src/cap_msmf.cpp b/modules/videoio/src/cap_msmf.cpp
index 9fa84a156c..3eca95bfa6 100644
--- a/modules/videoio/src/cap_msmf.cpp
+++ b/modules/videoio/src/cap_msmf.cpp
@@ -99,9 +99,7 @@ static void init_MFCreateDXGIDeviceManager()
     pMFCreateDXGIDeviceManager_initialized = true;
 }
 #endif
-#if (WINVER >= 0x0602) // Available since Win 8
-#pragma comment(lib, "MinCore_Downlevel")
-#endif
+#pragma comment(lib, "Shlwapi.lib")
 #endif
 
 #include <mferror.h>