diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 29b3b8fa1..ca36348c0 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Mon Aug 25 23:52:04 CEST 2008 (tk)
+----------------------------------
+  * drop support for Cygwin (due to broken ClamAV builds)
+
 Mon Aug 25 22:17:03 CEST 2008 (tk)
 ----------------------------------
   * man/freshclam.1.in: fix typo (bb#1147)
diff --git a/clamav-milter/clamav-milter.c b/clamav-milter/clamav-milter.c
index 24cba07b5..18ff62987 100644
--- a/clamav-milter/clamav-milter.c
+++ b/clamav-milter/clamav-milter.c
@@ -5114,7 +5114,7 @@ qfile(struct privdata *privdata, const char *sendmailId, const char *virusname)
 #ifdef	C_DARWIN
 		*ptr &= '\177';
 #endif
-#if	defined(MSDOS) || defined(C_CYGWIN) || defined(C_WINDOWS) || defined(C_OS2)
+#if	defined(MSDOS) || defined(C_WINDOWS) || defined(C_OS2)
 		if(strchr("/*?<>|\\\"+=,;:\t ", *ptr))
 #else
 		if(*ptr == '/')
diff --git a/clamd/scanner.c b/clamd/scanner.c
index c3c46dbd6..44803def7 100644
--- a/clamd/scanner.c
+++ b/clamd/scanner.c
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ static int dirscan(const char *dirname, const char **virname, unsigned long int
 		return 1;
 	    }
 
-#if	(!defined(C_INTERIX)) && (!defined(C_WINDOWS)) && (!defined(C_CYGWIN))
+#if	(!defined(C_INTERIX)) && (!defined(C_WINDOWS))
 	    if(dent->d_ino)
 #endif
 	    {
diff --git a/clamdscan/client.c b/clamdscan/client.c
index d16875522..d2d4f51a8 100644
--- a/clamdscan/client.c
+++ b/clamdscan/client.c
@@ -249,15 +249,11 @@ static char *abpath(const char *filename)
 	return NULL;
     } else {
 	fullpath = malloc(PATH_MAX + strlen(filename) + 10);
-#ifdef C_CYGWIN
-	sprintf(fullpath, "%s", filename);
-#else
 	if(!getcwd(cwd, PATH_MAX)) {
 	    logg("^Can't get absolute pathname of current working directory.\n");
 	    return NULL;
 	}
 	sprintf(fullpath, "%s/%s", cwd, filename);
-#endif
     }
 
     return fullpath;
diff --git a/clamscan/manager.c b/clamscan/manager.c
index 0e20bb4a1..2933e051f 100644
--- a/clamscan/manager.c
+++ b/clamscan/manager.c
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ static int scandirs(const char *dirname, struct cl_engine *engine, const struct
 
     if((dd = opendir(dirname)) != NULL) {
 	while((dent = readdir(dd))) {
-#if !defined(C_INTERIX) && !defined(C_WINDOWS) && !defined(C_CYGWIN)
+#if !defined(C_INTERIX) && !defined(C_WINDOWS)
 	    if(dent->d_ino)
 #endif
 	    {
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 3ae0a2c6f..0d699863a 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -16819,33 +16819,6 @@ _ACEOF
        fi
     fi
     ;;
-cygwin*)
-
-cat >>confdefs.h <<\_ACEOF
-#define C_CYGWIN 1
-_ACEOF
-
-    if test "$test_clamav" = "yes"; then
-	if test ! -r /etc/passwd; then
-	   test_clamav="no"
-	fi
-    fi
-    if test "$have_pthreads" = "yes"; then
-	THREAD_LIBS="-lpthread"
-	TH_SAFE="-thread-safe"
-
-cat >>confdefs.h <<\_ACEOF
-#define CL_THREAD_SAFE 1
-_ACEOF
-
-
-cat >>confdefs.h <<\_ACEOF
-#define _REENTRANT 1
-_ACEOF
-
-    fi
-    use_gethostbyname_r="no"
-    ;;
 solaris*)
     FRESHCLAM_LIBS="$FRESHCLAM_LIBS -lresolv"
     if test "$have_pthreads" = "yes"; then
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 43ab1db34..03041ee47 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -756,21 +756,6 @@ kfreebsd*-gnu)
        fi
     fi
     ;;
-cygwin*)
-    AC_DEFINE([C_CYGWIN],1,[os is cygwin])
-    if test "$test_clamav" = "yes"; then
-	if test ! -r /etc/passwd; then
-	   test_clamav="no"
-	fi
-    fi
-    if test "$have_pthreads" = "yes"; then
-	THREAD_LIBS="-lpthread"
-	TH_SAFE="-thread-safe"
-	AC_DEFINE([CL_THREAD_SAFE],1,[thread safe])
-	AC_DEFINE([_REENTRANT],1,[thread safe])
-    fi
-    use_gethostbyname_r="no"
-    ;;
 solaris*)
     FRESHCLAM_LIBS="$FRESHCLAM_LIBS -lresolv"
     if test "$have_pthreads" = "yes"; then
diff --git a/freshclam/freshclam.c b/freshclam/freshclam.c
index 09f8c7fa4..24525629b 100644
--- a/freshclam/freshclam.c
+++ b/freshclam/freshclam.c
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	struct sigaction sigact;
 	struct sigaction oldact;
 #endif
-#if !defined(C_CYGWIN)  && !defined(C_OS2) && !defined(C_WINDOWS)
+#if !defined(C_OS2) && !defined(C_WINDOWS)
 	char *unpuser;
 	struct passwd *user;
 #endif
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	    return 56;
 	}
 
-#if !defined(C_CYGWIN) && !defined(C_WINDOWS)
+#ifndef C_WINDOWS
 	if(statbuf.st_mode & (S_IRGRP | S_IWGRP | S_IXGRP | S_IROTH | S_IWOTH | S_IXOTH)) {
 	    logg("^Insecure permissions (for HTTPProxyPassword): %s must have no more than 0700 permissions.\n", cfgfile);
 	    opt_free(opt);
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 #endif
     }
 
-#if !defined(C_CYGWIN)  && !defined(C_OS2) && !defined(C_WINDOWS)
+#if !defined(C_OS2) && !defined(C_WINDOWS)
     /* freshclam shouldn't work with root privileges */
     if(opt_check(opt, "user"))
 	unpuser = opt_arg(opt, "user");
diff --git a/freshclam/manager.c b/freshclam/manager.c
index 172425272..20c2afb37 100644
--- a/freshclam/manager.c
+++ b/freshclam/manager.c
@@ -212,7 +212,6 @@ static int wwwconnect(const char *server, const char *proxy, int pport, char *ip
 	hostpt = proxy;
 
 	if(!(port = pport)) {
-#ifndef C_CYGWIN
 		const struct servent *webcache = getservbyname("webcache", "TCP");
 
 		if(webcache)
@@ -222,9 +221,6 @@ static int wwwconnect(const char *server, const char *proxy, int pport, char *ip
 
 #ifndef	C_WINDOWS
 		endservent();
-#endif
-#else
-		port = 8080;
 #endif
 	}
 
diff --git a/libclamav/blob.c b/libclamav/blob.c
index 19405a116..c3592a0d1 100644
--- a/libclamav/blob.c
+++ b/libclamav/blob.c
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ sanitiseName(char *name)
 		 * I don't know if spaces are legal in OS/2.
 		 */
 		if(strchr("%/*?<>|\\\"+=,;:\t ~", *name))
-#elif	defined(C_CYGWIN) || defined(C_WINDOWS)
+#elif defined(C_WINDOWS)
 		if(strchr("%/*?<>|\\\"+=,;:\t~", *name))
 #else
 		if(*name == '/')
diff --git a/libclamav/mbox.c b/libclamav/mbox.c
index 2ac501af3..13b09b096 100644
--- a/libclamav/mbox.c
+++ b/libclamav/mbox.c
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ static	char	const	rcsid[] = "$Id: mbox.c,v 1.381 2007/02/15 12:26:44 njh Exp $";
 
 #ifdef	CL_DEBUG
 
-#if	defined(C_LINUX) || defined(C_CYGWIN)
+#if	defined(C_LINUX)
 #include <features.h>
 #endif
 
@@ -3715,12 +3715,14 @@ rfc1341(message *m, const char *dir)
 	if(id == NULL)
 		return -1;
 
+/* do we need this for C_WINDOWS?
 #ifdef  C_CYGWIN
 	if((tmpdir = getenv("TEMP")) == (char *)NULL)
 		if((tmpdir = getenv("TMP")) == (char *)NULL)
 			if((tmpdir = getenv("TMPDIR")) == (char *)NULL)
 				tmpdir = "C:\\";
 #else
+*/
 	if((tmpdir = getenv("TMPDIR")) == (char *)NULL)
 		if((tmpdir = getenv("TMP")) == (char *)NULL)
 			if((tmpdir = getenv("TEMP")) == (char *)NULL)
@@ -3728,7 +3730,6 @@ rfc1341(message *m, const char *dir)
 				tmpdir = P_tmpdir;
 #else
 				tmpdir = "/tmp";
-#endif
 #endif
 
 	snprintf(pdir, sizeof(pdir) - 1, "%s/clamav-partial", tmpdir);
@@ -3853,7 +3854,7 @@ rfc1341(message *m, const char *dir)
 					int nblanks;
 					struct stat statb;
 					const char *dentry_idpart;
-#if !defined (C_CYGWIN) && !defined(C_WINDOWS)
+#ifndef C_WINDOWS
 					if(dent->d_ino == 0)
 						continue;
 #endif
diff --git a/libclamav/others.c b/libclamav/others.c
index 2fdbf1e5f..d1fa97069 100644
--- a/libclamav/others.c
+++ b/libclamav/others.c
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ int cli_rmdirs(const char *dirname)
 #else
 	    while((dent = readdir(dd))) {
 #endif
-#if	(!defined(C_CYGWIN)) && (!defined(C_INTERIX)) && (!defined(C_WINDOWS))
+#if	(!defined(C_INTERIX)) && (!defined(C_WINDOWS))
 		if(dent->d_ino)
 #endif
 		{
diff --git a/libclamav/readdb.c b/libclamav/readdb.c
index 9e44a300b..7e73ea34d 100644
--- a/libclamav/readdb.c
+++ b/libclamav/readdb.c
@@ -1822,7 +1822,7 @@ static int cli_loaddbdir(const char *dirname, struct cl_engine **engine, unsigne
 #else
     while((dent = readdir(dd))) {
 #endif
-#if	(!defined(C_INTERIX)) && (!defined(C_WINDOWS)) && (!defined(C_CYGWIN))
+#if	(!defined(C_INTERIX)) && (!defined(C_WINDOWS))
 	if(dent->d_ino)
 #endif
 	{
@@ -1938,7 +1938,7 @@ int cl_statinidir(const char *dirname, struct cl_stat *dbstat)
 #else
     while((dent = readdir(dd))) {
 #endif
-#if	(!defined(C_INTERIX)) && (!defined(C_WINDOWS)) && (!defined(C_CYGWIN))
+#if	(!defined(C_INTERIX)) && (!defined(C_WINDOWS))
 	if(dent->d_ino)
 #endif
 	{
@@ -2021,7 +2021,7 @@ int cl_statchkdir(const struct cl_stat *dbstat)
 #else
     while((dent = readdir(dd))) {
 #endif
-#if	(!defined(C_INTERIX)) && (!defined(C_WINDOWS)) && (!defined(C_CYGWIN))
+#if	(!defined(C_INTERIX)) && (!defined(C_WINDOWS))
 	if(dent->d_ino)
 #endif
 	{
diff --git a/libclamav/scanners.c b/libclamav/scanners.c
index 7f2b97fd9..cab6374c3 100644
--- a/libclamav/scanners.c
+++ b/libclamav/scanners.c
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ static int cli_scandir(const char *dirname, cli_ctx *ctx, cli_file_t container)
 #else
 	while((dent = readdir(dd))) {
 #endif
-#if	(!defined(C_CYGWIN)) && (!defined(C_INTERIX)) && (!defined(C_WINDOWS))
+#if	(!defined(C_INTERIX)) && (!defined(C_WINDOWS))
 	    if(dent->d_ino)
 #endif
 	    {
@@ -894,7 +894,7 @@ static int cli_vba_scandir(const char *dirname, cli_ctx *ctx, struct uniq *U)
 #else
 	while((dent = readdir(dd))) {
 #endif
-#if	(!defined(C_CYGWIN)) && (!defined(C_INTERIX)) && (!defined(C_WINDOWS))
+#if	(!defined(C_INTERIX)) && (!defined(C_WINDOWS))
 	    if(dent->d_ino)
 #endif
 	    {
diff --git a/shared/misc.c b/shared/misc.c
index 6b14aa161..b459c9aa4 100644
--- a/shared/misc.c
+++ b/shared/misc.c
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ int dircopy(const char *src, const char *dest)
     }
 
     while((dent = readdir(dd))) {
-#if   (!defined(C_CYGWIN)) && (!defined(C_INTERIX)) && (!defined(C_WINDOWS))
+#if (!defined(C_INTERIX)) && (!defined(C_WINDOWS))
 	if(dent->d_ino)
 #endif
 	{
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ int match_regex(const char *filename, const char *pattern)
 	regex_t reg;
 	int match, flags = REG_EXTENDED | REG_NOSUB;
 	char fname[513];
-#if defined(C_CYGWIN) || defined(C_OS2) || defined(C_WINDOWS)
+#if defined(C_OS2) || defined(C_WINDOWS)
 	size_t len;
 
 	flags |= REG_ICASE; /* case insensitive on Windows */
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ int match_regex(const char *filename, const char *pattern)
 	if(cli_regcomp(&reg, pattern, flags) != 0)
 	    return 2;
 
-#if !defined(C_CYGWIN) && !defined(C_OS2) && !defined(C_WINDOWS)
+#if !defined(C_OS2) && !defined(C_WINDOWS)
 	if(pattern[strlen(pattern) - 1] == '/') {
 	    snprintf(fname, 511, "%s/", filename);
 	    fname[512] = 0;