diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7a5b562896b47..e978824d0ff96 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -468,7 +468,11 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(OS), WINNT)
 	[ ! -d $(JULIAHOME)/dist-extras ] || ( cd $(JULIAHOME)/dist-extras && \
-		cp 7z.exe 7z.dll busybox.exe libexpat-1.dll zlib1.dll libgfortran-3.dll libquadmath-0.dll libstdc++-6.dll libgcc_s_s*-1.dll libssp-0.dll $(BUILDROOT)/julia-$(JULIA_COMMIT)/bin )
+		cp 7z.exe 7z.dll libexpat-1.dll zlib1.dll libgfortran-3.dll libquadmath-0.dll libstdc++-6.dll libgcc_s_s*-1.dll libssp-0.dll $(BUILDROOT)/julia-$(JULIA_COMMIT)/bin )
+ifeq ($(USE_GPL_LIBS), 1)
+	[ ! -d $(JULIAHOME)/dist-extras ] || ( cd $(JULIAHOME)/dist-extras && \
+		cp busybox.exe $(BUILDROOT)/julia-$(JULIA_COMMIT)/bin )
+endif
 	cd $(BUILDROOT)/julia-$(JULIA_COMMIT)/bin && rm -f llvm* llc.exe lli.exe opt.exe LTO.dll bugpoint.exe macho-dump.exe
 
 	# create file listing for uninstall. note: must have Windows path separators and line endings.
@@ -624,12 +628,15 @@ endif
 	cd $(JULIAHOME)/dist-extras && \
 	$(JLDOWNLOAD) http://downloads.sourceforge.net/sevenzip/7z920_extra.7z && \
 	$(JLDOWNLOAD) https://unsis.googlecode.com/files/nsis-2.46.5-Unicode-setup.exe && \
-	$(JLDOWNLOAD) busybox.exe http://frippery.org/files/busybox/busybox-w32-FRP-483-g31277ab.exe && \
 	chmod a+x 7z.exe && \
 	chmod a+x 7z.dll && \
 	$(call spawn,./7z.exe) x -y -onsis nsis-2.46.5-Unicode-setup.exe && \
-	chmod a+x ./nsis/makensis.exe && \
+	chmod a+x ./nsis/makensis.exe
+ifeq ($(USE_GPL_LIBS), 1)
+	cd $(JULIAHOME)/dist-extras && \
+	$(JLDOWNLOAD) busybox.exe http://frippery.org/files/busybox/busybox-w32-FRP-483-g31277ab.exe && \
 	chmod a+x busybox.exe
+endif
 
 # various statistics about the build that may interest the user
 ifeq ($(USE_SYSTEM_LLVM), 1)