1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/configure.py b/configure.py
index b18c6390e..3688b153e 100755
--- a/configure.py
+++ b/configure.py
@@ -2001,7 +2001,7 @@ def create_template_vars(source_paths, build_paths, options, modules, cc, arch,
     def choose_python_exe():
         exe = sys.executable
 
-        if exe[1] == ':': # Windows style paths
+        if options.os == 'mingw':  # mingw doesn't handle the backslashes in the absolute path well
             return exe.replace('\\', '/')
 
         return exe