diff --git a/mingw-w64-python2/PKGBUILD b/mingw-w64-python2/PKGBUILD
index f559520c6d..051f80b3fa 100644
--- a/mingw-w64-python2/PKGBUILD
+++ b/mingw-w64-python2/PKGBUILD
@@ -423,14 +423,9 @@ package() {
     "${pkgdir}${MINGW_PREFIX}"/lib/python${_pybasever}/_sysconfigdata.py \
     "${pkgdir}${MINGW_PREFIX}"/lib/python${_pybasever}/smtpd.py
 
-  # llvm-objcopy doesn't support '--subsystem' argument yet
-  case ${MSYSTEM} in
-    MINGW*|UCRT64)
-      # Create python executable with windows subsystem
-      cp -f "${pkgdir}${MINGW_PREFIX}"/bin/python2.exe "${pkgdir}${MINGW_PREFIX}"/bin/python2w.exe
-      ${MINGW_PREFIX}/bin/objcopy --subsystem windows "${pkgdir}${MINGW_PREFIX}"/bin/python2w.exe
-    ;;
-  esac
+  # Create python executable with windows subsystem
+  cp -f "${pkgdir}${MINGW_PREFIX}"/bin/python2.exe "${pkgdir}${MINGW_PREFIX}"/bin/python2w.exe
+  ${MINGW_PREFIX}/bin/genpeimg -s WINDOWS "${pkgdir}${MINGW_PREFIX}"/bin/python2w.exe
 }
 
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