diff --git a/configure b/configure
index a66e2c0d7174..eab34eb3fd33 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -318,7 +318,6 @@ trace_backends="log"
 trace_file="trace"
 opengl="$default_feature"
 vss_win32_sdk="$default_feature"
-win_sdk="no"
 coroutine=""
 tls_priority="NORMAL"
 plugins="$default_feature"
@@ -964,12 +963,6 @@ for opt do
   ;;
   --without-vss-sdk) vss_win32_sdk="no"
   ;;
-  --with-win-sdk) win_sdk=""
-  ;;
-  --with-win-sdk=*) win_sdk="$optarg"
-  ;;
-  --without-win-sdk) win_sdk="no"
-  ;;
   --disable-virtio-blk-data-plane|--enable-virtio-blk-data-plane)
       echo "$0: $opt is obsolete, virtio-blk data-plane is always on" >&2
   ;;
@@ -2353,27 +2346,6 @@ EOF
   fi
 fi
 
-##########################################
-# lookup Windows platform SDK (if not specified)
-# The SDK is needed only to build .tlb (type library) file of guest agent
-# VSS provider from the source. It is usually unnecessary because the
-# pre-compiled .tlb file is included.
-
-if test "$mingw32" = "yes" && \
-        test "$guest_agent_with_vss" = "yes" ; then
-  if test -z "$win_sdk"; then
-    programfiles="$PROGRAMFILES"
-    test -n "$PROGRAMW6432" && programfiles="$PROGRAMW6432"
-    if test -n "$programfiles"; then
-      win_sdk=$(ls -d "$programfiles/Microsoft SDKs/Windows/v"* | tail -1) 2>/dev/null
-    else
-      feature_not_found "Windows SDK"
-    fi
-  elif test "$win_sdk" = "no"; then
-    win_sdk=""
-  fi
-fi
-
 ##########################################
 # check if mingw environment provides a recent ntddscsi.h
 guest_agent_ntddscsi="no"
@@ -2905,7 +2877,6 @@ if test "$mingw32" = "yes" ; then
   echo "CONFIG_WIN32=y" >> $config_host_mak
   if test "$guest_agent_with_vss" = "yes" ; then
     echo "CONFIG_QGA_VSS=y" >> $config_host_mak
-    echo "WIN_SDK=\"$win_sdk\"" >> $config_host_mak
   fi
   if test "$guest_agent_ntddscsi" = "yes" ; then
     echo "CONFIG_QGA_NTDDSCSI=y" >> $config_host_mak
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 5ad346816ef2..20d599034bfc 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -3403,11 +3403,6 @@ endif
 if targetos == 'darwin'
   summary_info += {'Objective-C compiler': ' '.join(meson.get_compiler('objc').cmd_array())}
 endif
-if targetos == 'windows'
-  if 'WIN_SDK' in config_host
-    summary_info += {'Windows SDK':   config_host['WIN_SDK']}
-  endif
-endif
 summary_info += {'CFLAGS':            ' '.join(get_option('c_args')
                                                + ['-O' + get_option('optimization')]
                                                + (get_option('debug') ? ['-g'] : []))}