diff --git a/configure b/configure
index e108dfb18c..e314ac6430 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2087,15 +2087,13 @@ esac
 
 tools=
 if test `expr "$target_list" : ".*softmmu.*"` != 0 ; then
-  tools="qemu-img\$(EXESUF) $tools"
+  tools="qemu-img\$(EXESUF) qemu-io\$(EXESUF) $tools"
   if [ "$linux" = "yes" ] ; then
-      tools="qemu-nbd\$(EXESUF) qemu-io\$(EXESUF) $tools"
+      tools="qemu-nbd\$(EXESUF) $tools"
     if [ "$check_utests" = "yes" ]; then
       tools="check-qint check-qstring check-qdict check-qlist $tools"
       tools="check-qfloat check-qjson $tools"
     fi
-  elif test "$mingw32" = "yes" ; then
-      tools="qemu-io\$(EXESUF) $tools"
   fi
 fi
 echo "TOOLS=$tools" >> $config_host_mak