--- a/old-configure.in
+++ b/old-configure.in
@@ -3129,19 +3129,17 @@ MOZ_ANGLE_RENDERER=
 MOZ_D3D_CPU_SUFFIX=
 MOZ_HAS_WINSDK_WITH_D3D=
 MOZ_D3DCOMPILER_VISTA_DLL=
 MOZ_D3DCOMPILER_VISTA_DLL_PATH=
 
 if test "$COMPILE_ENVIRONMENT" ; then
 case "$target_os" in
 *mingw*)
-    if test "$OS_ARCH" = "$HOST_OS_ARCH"; then
-      MOZ_ANGLE_RENDERER=1
-    fi
+    MOZ_ANGLE_RENDERER=1
     ;;
 esac
 
 # The DirectX SDK libraries are split into x86 and x64 sub-directories
 case "${target_cpu}" in
 i*86)
   MOZ_D3D_CPU_SUFFIX=x86
   ;;
@@ -3183,17 +3181,21 @@ if test -n "$MOZ_ANGLE_RENDERER"; then
         AC_MSG_RESULT([MOZ_D3DCOMPILER_VISTA_DLL_PATH doesn't exist: $MOZ_D3DCOMPILER_VISTA_DLL_PATH])
         AC_MSG_ERROR([Windows SDK at "$WINDOWSSDKDIR" appears broken. Try updating to MozillaBuild 1.9 final or higher.])
         MOZ_D3DCOMPILER_VISTA_DLL_PATH=
       fi
     else
       AC_MSG_RESULT([Windows SDK not found.])
     fi
   else
-    AC_MSG_ERROR([Couldn't find Windows SDK 8.1 or higher needed for ANGLE.])
+    if test "$OS_ARCH" = "$HOST_OS_ARCH"; then
+      AC_MSG_ERROR([Couldn't find Windows SDK 8.1 or higher needed for ANGLE.])
+    else
+      AC_MSG_RESULT([Windows SDK not needed for ANGLE in Linux MinGW build.])
+    fi
   fi
 
   if test -z "$MOZ_D3DCOMPILER_VISTA_DLL_PATH"; then
     MOZ_D3DCOMPILER_VISTA_DLL=
   fi
 
   # On mingw, check if headers are provided by toolchain.
   if test -n "$GNU_CC"; then