diff --git a/Recipe b/Recipe
index 54e00636..e2cce9ae 100644
--- a/Recipe
+++ b/Recipe
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ CHARSET  = sbcsdat slookup sbcs utf8 toucs fromucs xenc mimeenc macenc localenc
 
 # Standard libraries.
 LIBS     = advapi32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib comctl32.lib comdlg32.lib
-         + shell32.lib winmm.lib imm32.lib winspool.lib ole32.lib
+         + shell32.lib imm32.lib winspool.lib ole32.lib
 
 # Network backend sets. This also brings in the relevant attachment
 # to proxy.c depending on whether we're crypto-avoidant or not.
diff --git a/windows/window.c b/windows/window.c
index 38c0e3cd..cb42addf 100644
--- a/windows/window.c
+++ b/windows/window.c
@@ -3949,12 +3949,14 @@ int char_width(Context ctx, int uc) {
 DECL_WINDOWS_FUNCTION(static, BOOL, FlashWindowEx, (PFLASHWINFO));
 DECL_WINDOWS_FUNCTION(static, BOOL, ToUnicodeEx,
                       (UINT, UINT, const BYTE *, LPWSTR, int, UINT, HKL));
+DECL_WINDOWS_FUNCTION(static, BOOL, PlaySound, (LPCTSTR, HMODULE, DWORD));
 
 static void init_winfuncs(void)
 {
     HMODULE user32_module = load_system32_dll("user32.dll");
+    HMODULE winmm_module = load_system32_dll("winmm.dll");
     GET_WINDOWS_FUNCTION(user32_module, FlashWindowEx);
-    GET_WINDOWS_FUNCTION(user32_module, ToUnicodeEx);
+    GET_WINDOWS_FUNCTION_PP(winmm_module, PlaySound);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -5540,8 +5542,8 @@ void do_beep(void *frontend, int mode)
 	lastbeep = GetTickCount();
     } else if (mode == BELL_WAVEFILE) {
 	Filename *bell_wavefile = conf_get_filename(conf, CONF_bell_wavefile);
-	if (!PlaySound(bell_wavefile->path, NULL,
-		       SND_ASYNC | SND_FILENAME)) {
+	if (!p_PlaySound || !p_PlaySound(bell_wavefile->path, NULL,
+                         SND_ASYNC | SND_FILENAME)) {
 	    char buf[sizeof(bell_wavefile->path) + 80];
 	    char otherbuf[100];
 	    sprintf(buf, "Unable to play sound file\n%s\n"