diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0560cd36..1f643ea2 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,10 +2,7 @@
 import os
 import sys
 
-from setuptools import setup, Extension
-
-WIN32 = sys.platform.startswith("win")
-
+from distutils.core import setup, Extension
 sources = [
     'src/python/core.c',
     'src/libethash/io.c',
@@ -34,6 +31,7 @@
     'src/libethash/util.h',
 ]
 
+WIN32 = sys.platform.startswith("win")
 
 ccargs=[
     "/Isrc/",
@@ -44,13 +42,10 @@
     "-Wall"
 ]
 
-ldargs=["shell32.lib"] if WIN32 else []
-
 pyethash = Extension('pyethash',
                      sources=sources,
                      depends=depends,
-                     extra_compile_args=ccargs,
-                     extra_link_args=ldargs)
+                     extra_compile_args=ccargs)
 
 setup(
     name='pyethash',
diff --git a/src/libethash/mmap_win32.c b/src/libethash/mmap_win32.c
index 42968b98..f5cbb333 100644
--- a/src/libethash/mmap_win32.c
+++ b/src/libethash/mmap_win32.c
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
  * UnmapViewOfFile:   http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa366882(VS.85).aspx
  */
 
+#pragma comment(lib, "Shell32.lib")
+
 #include <io.h>
 #include <windows.h>
 #include "mmap.h"