diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 72f669044..334ef975c 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -18073,6 +18073,9 @@ esac
 fi
 
 
+
+if test "$on_mingw" != "yes"; then
+# on windows we use our own snprintf because it is nicer with 64bit %lld.
 ac_fn_c_check_func "$LINENO" "snprintf" "ac_cv_func_snprintf"
 if test "x$ac_cv_func_snprintf" = xyes; then :
   $as_echo "#define HAVE_SNPRINTF 1" >>confdefs.h
@@ -18087,6 +18090,8 @@ esac
 fi
 
 
+fi
+
 ac_fn_c_check_func "$LINENO" "strlcat" "ac_cv_func_strlcat"
 if test "x$ac_cv_func_strlcat" = xyes; then :
   $as_echo "#define HAVE_STRLCAT 1" >>confdefs.h
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index efc1a4a5d..51f418faa 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -953,7 +953,12 @@ fi
 AC_REPLACE_FUNCS(inet_aton)
 AC_REPLACE_FUNCS(inet_pton)
 AC_REPLACE_FUNCS(inet_ntop)
+
+if test "$on_mingw" != "yes"; then
+# on windows we use our own snprintf because it is nicer with 64bit %lld.
 AC_REPLACE_FUNCS(snprintf)
+fi
+
 AC_REPLACE_FUNCS(strlcat)
 AC_REPLACE_FUNCS(strlcpy)
 AC_REPLACE_FUNCS(memmove)