diff --git a/sdk/cmake/gcc.cmake b/sdk/cmake/gcc.cmake
index 1a233c22d47..a628c1b92c7 100644
--- a/sdk/cmake/gcc.cmake
+++ b/sdk/cmake/gcc.cmake
@@ -580,8 +580,8 @@ add_library(libgcc STATIC IMPORTED)
 execute_process(COMMAND ${GXX_EXECUTABLE} -print-file-name=libgcc.a OUTPUT_VARIABLE LIBGCC_LOCATION)
 string(STRIP ${LIBGCC_LOCATION} LIBGCC_LOCATION)
 set_target_properties(libgcc PROPERTIES IMPORTED_LOCATION ${LIBGCC_LOCATION})
-# libgcc needs kernel32 imports, winpthread, a CRT and msvcrtex
-target_link_libraries(libgcc INTERFACE libwinpthread libkernel32 libmsvcrt msvcrtex)
+# libgcc needs kernel32 and winpthread (an appropriate CRT must be linked manually)
+target_link_libraries(libgcc INTERFACE libwinpthread libkernel32)
 
 add_library(libsupc++ STATIC IMPORTED GLOBAL)
 execute_process(COMMAND ${GXX_EXECUTABLE} -print-file-name=libsupc++.a OUTPUT_VARIABLE LIBSUPCXX_LOCATION)
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ execute_process(COMMAND ${GXX_EXECUTABLE} -print-file-name=libstdc++.a OUTPUT_VA
 string(STRIP ${LIBSTDCCXX_LOCATION} LIBSTDCCXX_LOCATION)
 set_target_properties(libstdc++ PROPERTIES IMPORTED_LOCATION ${LIBSTDCCXX_LOCATION})
 # libstdc++ requires libsupc++ and mingwex provided by GCC
-target_link_libraries(libstdc++ INTERFACE libsupc++ libmingwex)
+target_link_libraries(libstdc++ INTERFACE libsupc++ libmingwex oldnames)
 # this is for our SAL annotations
 target_compile_definitions(libstdc++ INTERFACE "$<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:CXX>:PAL_STDCPP_COMPAT>")