diff --git a/misc/cgo/life/life.go b/misc/cgo/life/life.go
index a99929b4af4..bbec4c56fab 100644
--- a/misc/cgo/life/life.go
+++ b/misc/cgo/life/life.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
 package life
 
-// #cgo windows LDFLAGS: -lmsvcrt
 // #include "life.h"
 import "C"