diff --git a/unix/uxplink.c b/unix/uxplink.c
index 3d3a645f..7721e4b6 100644
--- a/unix/uxplink.c
+++ b/unix/uxplink.c
@@ -961,7 +961,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     uxsel_init();
 
     /*
-     * Unix Plink doesn't provide any way to add forwardings after the
+     * Plink doesn't provide any way to add forwardings after the
      * connection is set up, so if there are none now, we can safely set
      * the "simple" flag.
      */
diff --git a/windows/winplink.c b/windows/winplink.c
index a0458b39..99e269fd 100644
--- a/windows/winplink.c
+++ b/windows/winplink.c
@@ -618,6 +618,17 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	return 1;
     }
 
+    /*
+     * Plink doesn't provide any way to add forwardings after the
+     * connection is set up, so if there are none now, we can safely set
+     * the "simple" flag.
+     */
+    if (conf_get_int(conf, CONF_protocol) == PROT_SSH &&
+	!conf_get_int(conf, CONF_x11_forward) &&
+	!conf_get_int(conf, CONF_agentfwd) &&
+	!conf_get_str_nthstrkey(conf, CONF_portfwd, 0))
+	conf_set_int(conf, CONF_ssh_simple, TRUE);
+
     logctx = log_init(NULL, conf);
     console_provide_logctx(logctx);