diff --git a/config/rules.mk b/config/rules.mk
index 8d92d01aedc6..ed3e7bc66d70 100644
--- a/config/rules.mk
+++ b/config/rules.mk
@@ -153,22 +153,7 @@ endif # LIBRARY
 ifeq ($(OS_ARCH),WINNT)
 ifndef GNU_CC
 
-#
-# Unless we're building SIMPLE_PROGRAMS, all C++ files share a PDB file per
-# directory. For parallel builds, this PDB file is shared and locked by
-# MSPDBSRV.EXE, starting with MSVC8 SP1. If you're using MSVC 7.1 or MSVC8
-# without SP1, don't do parallel builds.
-#
-# The final PDB for libraries and programs is created by the linker and uses
-# a different name from the single PDB file created by the compiler. See
-# bug 462740.
-#
-
-ifdef SIMPLE_PROGRAMS
 COMPILE_PDB_FLAG ?= -Fd$(basename $(@F)).pdb
-else
-COMPILE_PDB_FLAG ?= -Fdgenerated.pdb
-endif
 COMPILE_CFLAGS += $(COMPILE_PDB_FLAG)
 COMPILE_CXXFLAGS += $(COMPILE_PDB_FLAG)