diff --git a/build-mingw b/build-mingw
index 93c968546..e0794979e 100644
--- a/build-mingw
+++ b/build-mingw
@@ -16,9 +16,10 @@ chmod +x vs2015/sdl/build-scripts/strip_fPIC.sh
 echo Compiling our internal SDL 1.x
 (cd vs2015/sdl && ./build-dosbox.sh) || exit 1
 
+# MinGW cannot compile SDL_net, configure goes off trying to autogen
 # prefer to compile against our own copy of SDLnet 1.x
-echo Compiling our internal SDLnet 1.x
-(cd vs2015/sdlnet && ./build-dosbox.sh) || exit 1
+#echo Compiling our internal SDLnet 1.x
+#(cd vs2015/sdlnet && ./build-dosbox.sh) || exit 1
 
 # NTS: MinGW provides zlib for us
 if false; then
diff --git a/build-mingw-lowend b/build-mingw-lowend
index 322dc6160..d464f7c58 100644
--- a/build-mingw-lowend
+++ b/build-mingw-lowend
@@ -16,9 +16,10 @@ chmod +x vs2015/sdl/build-scripts/strip_fPIC.sh
 echo Compiling our internal SDL 1.x
 (cd vs2015/sdl && ./build-dosbox.sh) || exit 1
 
+# MinGW cannot compile SDL_net, configure goes off trying to autogen
 # prefer to compile against our own copy of SDLnet 1.x
-echo Compiling our internal SDLnet 1.x
-(cd vs2015/sdlnet && ./build-dosbox.sh) || exit 1
+#echo Compiling our internal SDLnet 1.x
+#(cd vs2015/sdlnet && ./build-dosbox.sh) || exit 1
 
 # NTS: MinGW provides zlib for us
 if false; then
diff --git a/build-mingw-sdldraw b/build-mingw-sdldraw
index 3ed3be178..74eb982c0 100644
--- a/build-mingw-sdldraw
+++ b/build-mingw-sdldraw
@@ -16,9 +16,10 @@ chmod +x vs2015/sdl/build-scripts/strip_fPIC.sh
 echo Compiling our internal SDL 1.x
 (cd vs2015/sdl && ./build-dosbox.sh) || exit 1
 
+# MinGW cannot compile SDL_net, configure goes off trying to autogen
 # prefer to compile against our own copy of SDLnet 1.x
-echo Compiling our internal SDLnet 1.x
-(cd vs2015/sdlnet && ./build-dosbox.sh) || exit 1
+#echo Compiling our internal SDLnet 1.x
+#(cd vs2015/sdlnet && ./build-dosbox.sh) || exit 1
 
 # NTS: MinGW provides zlib for us
 if false; then