diff --git a/harbour/ChangeLog b/harbour/ChangeLog
index a11f074482..6005757bcb 100644
--- a/harbour/ChangeLog
+++ b/harbour/ChangeLog
@@ -16,6 +16,16 @@
    The license applies to all entries newer than 2009-04-28.
 */
 
+2012-04-01 17:07 UTC+0200 Viktor Szakats (harbour syenar.net)
+  * config/win/mingw.mk
+    * removed undocumented way (committed in prev rev) to disable 
+      separate compile pass for mingw Harbour-*.dll. if you're bothered, 
+      use existing and documented: HB_BUILD_DYN=no
+    ; NOTE: separate compile pass has another important benefit:
+            it will finally remove the implicit .dll exports, IOW now 
+            only explicitly exported symbols will be public, in sync 
+            harbour-*.dlls created with all the other C compilers.
+
 2012-04-01 16:30 UTC+0200 Viktor Szakats (harbour syenar.net)
   * config/win/mingw.mk
     + solved mingw harbour dll and unicows problem, so now 
@@ -25,8 +35,7 @@
       to build objects with -DHB_DYNLIB (like with all the other 
       C compilers), but I left it enabled anyways to give uniform 
       support for unicows by default, including the nightly and 
-      official builds. Look into the diff for an undocumented 
-      way to disable this)
+      official builds.)
 
   * config/win/watcom.mk
   * config/win/xcc.mk
diff --git a/harbour/config/win/mingw.mk b/harbour/config/win/mingw.mk
index 14fbe273a2..c211d293af 100644
--- a/harbour/config/win/mingw.mk
+++ b/harbour/config/win/mingw.mk
@@ -12,17 +12,8 @@ OBJ_EXT := .o
 LIB_PREF := lib
 LIB_EXT := .a
 
-3RDLIBS_DYN := $(3RDLIBS)
-
 ifneq ($(HB_COMPILER),mingw64)
-
-   # Since unicows support in harbour-*.dll effectively
-   # doubles build time for core, allow it to be disabled.
-   ifeq ($(__HB_HARBOUR_DLL_UNICOWS),no)
-      3RDLIBS_DYN := $(filter-out $(3RDLIBS_DYN),unicows)
-   endif
-
-   ifneq ($(findstring unicows,$(3RDLIBS_DYN)),)
+   ifneq ($(findstring unicows,$(3RDLIBS)),)
       # Required to be able to link harbour-*.dll against unicows lib
       # without it 'Cannot export <*>: symbol not found' errors occur.
       HB_DYN_COPT := -DHB_DYNLIB
@@ -136,7 +127,7 @@ AR_RULE = $(create_library)
 DY := $(CC)
 DFLAGS += -shared $(LIBPATHS)
 DY_OUT := $(LD_OUT)
-DLIBS := $(foreach lib,$(HB_USER_LIBS) $(LIBS) $(3RDLIBS_DYN) $(SYSLIBS),-l$(lib))
+DLIBS := $(foreach lib,$(HB_USER_LIBS) $(LIBS) $(3RDLIBS) $(SYSLIBS),-l$(lib))
 
 # NOTE: The empty line directly before 'endef' HAVE TO exist!
 define dynlib_object