diff -Naur freexl-2.0.0-original/src/freexl.c freexl-2.0.0/src/freexl.c
--- freexl-2.0.0-original/src/freexl.c	2023-07-25 01:12:29.000000000 -0400
+++ freexl-2.0.0/src/freexl.c	2024-03-20 11:56:46.869889811 -0400
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@
 {
 /* converting a string to UTF8 */
     char *utf8buf = 0;
-#if !defined(__MINGW32__) && defined(_WIN32)
+#if defined(_WIN32)
     const char *pBuf;
 #else
     char *pBuf;