diff --git a/src/core/CMakeLists.txt b/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
index 045b167fe6..fda80938e4 100644
--- a/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1274,7 +1274,10 @@ elseif (APPLE)
 elseif (WIN32)
     target_sources(core PRIVATE
         hle/service/ssl/ssl_backend_schannel.cpp)
-    target_link_libraries(core PRIVATE crypt32 secur32 httplib::httplib)
+    target_link_libraries(core PRIVATE crypt32 secur32)
+    if (NOT MINGW)
+        target_link_libraries(core PRIVATE httplib::httplib)
+    endif()
 else()
     target_sources(core PRIVATE
         hle/service/ssl/ssl_backend_none.cpp)
diff --git a/src/core/hle/service/bcat/news/builtin_news.cpp b/src/core/hle/service/bcat/news/builtin_news.cpp
index 852f93cdee..e087a3271a 100644
--- a/src/core/hle/service/bcat/news/builtin_news.cpp
+++ b/src/core/hle/service/bcat/news/builtin_news.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
 #include <httplib.h>
 #include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
 
+#ifdef CPPHTTPLIB_OPENSSL_SUPPORT
+#include <httplib.h>
+#endif
+
 #include <chrono>
 #include <cstring>
 #include <filesystem>
@@ -229,6 +233,8 @@ void WriteCachedJson(std::string_view json) {
 }
 
 std::optional<std::string> DownloadReleasesJson() {
+
+#ifdef CPPHTTPLIB_OPENSSL_SUPPORT
     try {
         httplib::SSLClient cli{"api.github.com", 443};
         cli.set_connection_timeout(10);
@@ -250,7 +256,7 @@ std::optional<std::string> DownloadReleasesJson() {
     } catch (...) {
         LOG_WARNING(Service_BCAT, " failed to download releases");
     }
-
+#endif
     return std::nullopt;
 }