diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 500014d..75b8f95 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+1999-03-18  Gary V. Vaughan  <gvaughan@oranda.demon.co.uk>
+
+	* ltconfig.in (cygwin, library_names_spec):  removed $libname.a.
+	Creating a dll with libtool no longer creates an import library.
+
 1999-03-16  Gary V. Vaughan  <gvaughan@oranda.demon.co.uk>
 
 	* ltconfig.in (extract_expsyms_cmds): Create $objdir if it does
diff --git a/ltconfig.in b/ltconfig.in
index c49cd26..5e350a7 100755
--- a/ltconfig.in
+++ b/ltconfig.in
@@ -1658,7 +1658,7 @@
 cygwin* | mingw*)
   version_type=windows
   if test "$with_gcc" = yes; then
-    library_names_spec='${libname}`echo ${release} | sed -e 's/[.]/-/g'`${versuffix}.dll $libname.a'
+    library_names_spec='${libname}`echo ${release} | sed -e 's/[.]/-/g'`${versuffix}.dll'
   else
     library_names_spec='${libname}`echo ${release} | sed -e 's/[.]/-/g'`${versuffix}.dll $libname.lib'
   fi