diff --git a/dlls/wer/Makefile.in b/dlls/wer/Makefile.in
index 1439579008e..1de79a1d25c 100644
--- a/dlls/wer/Makefile.in
+++ b/dlls/wer/Makefile.in
@@ -2,5 +2,7 @@ MODULE    = wer.dll
 IMPORTLIB = wer
 IMPORTS   = advapi32
 
+EXTRADLLFLAGS = -mno-cygwin
+
 C_SRCS = \
 	main.c
diff --git a/dlls/wer/main.c b/dlls/wer/main.c
index e4bda46b7de..b40aa1b7625 100644
--- a/dlls/wer/main.c
+++ b/dlls/wer/main.c
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@
  * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA
  */
 
-#include "config.h"
-
 #include <stdarg.h>
 
 #include "windef.h"
@@ -27,7 +25,6 @@
 #include "werapi.h"
 #include "wine/heap.h"
 #include "wine/list.h"
-#include "wine/unicode.h"
 #include "wine/debug.h"
 
 WINE_DEFAULT_DEBUG_CHANNEL(wer);
@@ -97,7 +94,7 @@ HRESULT WINAPI WerAddExcludedApplication(PCWSTR exeName, BOOL allUsers)
     if (!exeName || !exeName[0])
         return E_INVALIDARG;
 
-    bs = strrchrW(exeName, '\\');
+    bs = wcsrchr(exeName, '\\');
     if (bs) {
         bs++;   /* skip the backslash */
         if (!bs[0]) {
@@ -138,7 +135,7 @@ HRESULT WINAPI WerRemoveExcludedApplication(PCWSTR exeName, BOOL allUsers)
     if (!exeName || !exeName[0])
         return E_INVALIDARG;
 
-    bs = strrchrW(exeName, '\\');
+    bs = wcsrchr(exeName, '\\');
     if (bs) {
         bs++;   /* skip the backslash */
         if (!bs[0]) {