diff --git a/m4/ax_mexopts.m4 b/m4/ax_mexopts.m4
index c94836dc254d073f4144f1f087a5a5d322d7ac38..a4a1e93b884c743fd192bd7d97c1530a217d9311 100644
--- a/m4/ax_mexopts.m4
+++ b/m4/ax_mexopts.m4
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ case ${MATLAB_ARCH} in
         ;;
     esac
     MATLAB_LDFLAGS="-static-libgcc -shared \$(top_srcdir)/mex.def"
-    MATLAB_LIBS="$LIBLOC/libmex.lib $LIBLOC/libmx.lib $LIBLOC/libmwlapack.lib -lstdc++"
+    MATLAB_LIBS="$LIBLOC/libmex.lib $LIBLOC/libmx.lib $LIBLOC/libmwlapack.lib"
     # Starting from MATLAB 7.5, BLAS and LAPACK are in distinct libraries
     AX_COMPARE_VERSION([$MATLAB_VERSION], [ge], [7.5], [MATLAB_LIBS="${MATLAB_LIBS} $LIBLOC/libmwblas.lib"])
     ax_mexopts_ok="yes"