diff --git a/configure b/configure
index bf3d49c9..5ec3a2b7 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -228,10 +228,8 @@ if test "$gcc" -eq 1 && ($cc -c $test.c) >> configure.log 2>&1; then
   CYGWIN* | Cygwin* | cygwin* | OS/2*)
         EXE='.exe' ;;
   MINGW* | mingw*)
-# temporary bypass
         rm -f $test.[co] $test $test$shared_ext
-        echo "Please use win32/Makefile.gcc instead." | tee -a configure.log
-        leave 1
+        echo "If this doesn't work for you, try win32/Makefile.gcc." | tee -a configure.log
         LDSHARED=${LDSHARED-"$cc -shared"}
         LDSHAREDLIBC=""
         EXE='.exe' ;;