diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 826a53f9..fbaf944b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ set(USED_SOURCES ${ENGINE_SOURCES} ${AUDIO_SOURCES} src/main.cpp)
 if (USE_BACKWARD)
   list(APPEND USED_SOURCES src/backtrace.cpp)
   if (WIN32 AND CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU")
-    list(APPEND DEPENDENCIES_LIBRARIES dbghelp msvcr90 psapi)
+    list(APPEND DEPENDENCIES_LIBRARIES dbghelp psapi)
   endif()
 endif()
 
diff --git a/extern/backward/backward.hpp b/extern/backward/backward.hpp
index ae5cdf99..37620265 100644
--- a/extern/backward/backward.hpp
+++ b/extern/backward/backward.hpp
@@ -4325,7 +4325,10 @@ public:
     SetUnhandledExceptionFilter(crash_handler);
 
     signal(SIGABRT, signal_handler);
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+    // TODO: fix for MinGW
     _set_abort_behavior(0, _WRITE_ABORT_MSG | _CALL_REPORTFAULT);
+#endif
 
     std::set_terminate(&terminator);
 #ifndef BACKWARD_ATLEAST_CXX17