diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/gnused/422.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/gnused/422.nix
index 037c2f17a63b..16d4f20fe8e7 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/gnused/422.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/gnused/422.nix
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     sha256 = "f048d1838da284c8bc9753e4506b85a1e0cc1ea8999d36f6995bcb9460cddbd7";
   };
 
+  configureFlags = stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isMinGW "ac_cv_func__set_invalid_parameter_handler=no";
+
   outputs = [ "out" "info" ];
 
   meta = {
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/gnused/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/gnused/default.nix
index af3db54e96d5..4bdddb8c50b7 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/gnused/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/gnused/default.nix
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
 
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
     maintainers = [ ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ed395ea8d4ad..222d73f40051 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2964,7 +2964,10 @@ with pkgs;
 
   gnu-pw-mgr = callPackage ../tools/security/gnu-pw-mgr { };
 
-  gnused = callPackage ../tools/text/gnused { };
+  gnused = if !stdenv.hostPlatform.isWindows then
+             callPackage ../tools/text/gnused { } # broken on Windows
+           else
+             gnused_422;
   # This is an easy work-around for [:space:] problems.
   gnused_422 = callPackage ../tools/text/gnused/422.nix { };