diff --git a/modules/mbedtls/SCsub b/modules/mbedtls/SCsub
index a26e0d9380b0..ff61b8c1bda9 100644
--- a/modules/mbedtls/SCsub
+++ b/modules/mbedtls/SCsub
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ env_mbed_tls = env_modules.Clone()
 thirdparty_obj = []
 
 if env["builtin_mbedtls"]:
+    if env.msvc:
+        # TODO this should be enabled in platform/windows/detect.py (configure_msvc)
+        env['ARCOM'] = "${TEMPFILE('$AR $ARFLAGS /OUT:$TARGET $SOURCES','$ARCOMSTR')}"
+        env_mbed_tls = env_modules.Clone()
+
     thirdparty_sources = [
         "aes.c",
         "aesce.c",
@@ -125,9 +130,6 @@ if env["builtin_mbedtls"]:
     env_mbed_tls.Append(CPPDEFINES=[("MBEDTLS_CONFIG_FILE", config_path)])
 
     env_thirdparty = env_mbed_tls.Clone()
-    if env.msvc:
-        # TODO this should be enabled project wise maybe?
-        env_thirdparty['ARCOM'] = "${TEMPFILE('$AR $ARFLAGS /OUT:$TARGET $SOURCES','$ARCOMSTR')}"
     env_thirdparty.disable_warnings()
     env_thirdparty.add_source_files(thirdparty_obj, thirdparty_sources)
     env_thirdparty.Depends(thirdparty_obj, "#thirdparty/mbedtls/include/godot_module_mbedtls_config.h")