diff --git a/src/windows/mod.rs b/src/windows/mod.rs
index 7f2f1ded19ec7..26bff7f7a6177 100644
--- a/src/windows/mod.rs
+++ b/src/windows/mod.rs
@@ -278,13 +278,17 @@ impl ::Clone for fpos_t {
 }
 
 // Special handling for all print and scan type functions because of https://github.com/rust-lang/libc/issues/2860
-#[cfg_attr(
-    all(windows, target_env = "msvc"),
-    link(name = "legacy_stdio_definitions")
-)]
-extern "C" {
-    pub fn printf(format: *const c_char, ...) -> ::c_int;
-    pub fn fprintf(stream: *mut FILE, format: *const c_char, ...) -> ::c_int;
+cfg_if! {
+    if #[cfg(not(feature = "rustc-dep-of-std"))] {
+        #[cfg_attr(
+            all(windows, target_env = "msvc"),
+            link(name = "legacy_stdio_definitions")
+        )]
+        extern "C" {
+            pub fn printf(format: *const c_char, ...) -> ::c_int;
+            pub fn fprintf(stream: *mut FILE, format: *const c_char, ...) -> ::c_int;
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 extern "C" {