diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b187a9003..0257df597 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ else:
     EXTRA_LINK_ARGS = ['-L.\win32\lib']
     includedirs = ['./libtorrent', './libtorrent/include', './libtorrent/include/libtorrent', './win32/include']
     librariestype = ['boost_filesystem', 'boost_date_time',
-        'boost_thread', 'rt', 'z', 'ssl' ,'wsock32' ,'crypto' ,'gdi32' ,'ws2_32']
+        'boost_thread', 'z', 'ssl' ,'wsock32' ,'crypto' ,'gdi32' ,'ws2_32']
 
 # NOTE: The Rasterbar Libtorrent source code is in the libtorrent/ directory
 # inside of Deluge's source tarball.