diff --git a/src/scripting/vm/vmexec.cpp b/src/scripting/vm/vmexec.cpp
index fb7ed463a..9bb88b9bd 100644
--- a/src/scripting/vm/vmexec.cpp
+++ b/src/scripting/vm/vmexec.cpp
@@ -149,11 +149,7 @@ VMExec_Checked::Exec
 // Note: If the VM is being used in multiple threads, this should be declared as thread_local.
 // ZDoom doesn't need this at the moment so this is disabled.
 
-#ifndef __MINGW32__
 thread_local VMFrameStack GlobalVMStack;
-#else
-VMFrameStack GlobalVMStack;
-#endif
 
 
 //===========================================================================
diff --git a/src/scripting/vm/vmintern.h b/src/scripting/vm/vmintern.h
index 5e511ab3f..b93f3e6ef 100644
--- a/src/scripting/vm/vmintern.h
+++ b/src/scripting/vm/vmintern.h
@@ -437,11 +437,7 @@ void VMFillParams(VMValue *params, VMFrame *callee, int numparam);
 void VMDumpConstants(FILE *out, const VMScriptFunction *func);
 void VMDisasm(FILE *out, const VMOP *code, int codesize, const VMScriptFunction *func);
 
-#ifndef __MINGW32__
 extern thread_local VMFrameStack GlobalVMStack;
-#else
-extern VMFrameStack GlobalVMStack;
-#endif
 
 typedef std::pair<const class PType *, unsigned> FTypeAndOffset;