diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/gawk/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/gawk/default.nix
index 35e0b6d927b2..c6eb7ba11019 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/gawk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/gawk/default.nix
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   doCheck = !stdenv.isCygwin; # XXX: `test-dup2' segfaults on Cygwin 6.1
 
-  buildInputs = [ libsigsegv ]
+  buildInputs = stdenv.lib.optional (stdenv.system != "x86_64-cygwin") libsigsegv
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional readlineSupport readline;
 
-  configureFlags = [ "--with-libsigsegv-prefix=${libsigsegv}" ]
+  configureFlags = stdenv.lib.optional (stdenv.system != "x86_64-cygwin") "--with-libsigsegv-prefix=${libsigsegv}"
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional readlineSupport "--with-readline=${readline}"
       # only darwin where reported, seems OK on non-chrooted Fedora (don't rebuild stdenv)
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional (!readlineSupport && stdenv.isDarwin) "--without-readline";