diff --git a/Help/release/dev/mingw_no_sh.rst b/Help/release/dev/mingw_no_sh.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..700886585b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Help/release/dev/mingw_no_sh.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+mingw-no-sh
+-----------
+
+* The :generator:`MinGW Makefiles` generator no longer issues an error if
+  ``sh.exe`` is present in the environment's ``PATH``.
diff --git a/Modules/CMakeMinGWFindMake.cmake b/Modules/CMakeMinGWFindMake.cmake
index 523f00c3a32..f026e9aa7c8 100644
--- a/Modules/CMakeMinGWFindMake.cmake
+++ b/Modules/CMakeMinGWFindMake.cmake
@@ -7,10 +7,5 @@ find_program(CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM mingw32-make.exe PATHS
   c:/MinGW/bin /MinGW/bin
   "[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\CodeBlocks;Path]/MinGW/bin"
   )
-find_program(CMAKE_SH sh.exe )
-if(CMAKE_SH)
-  message(FATAL_ERROR "sh.exe was found in your PATH, here:\n${CMAKE_SH}\nFor MinGW make to work correctly sh.exe must NOT be in your path.\nRun cmake from a shell that does not have sh.exe in your PATH.\nIf you want to use a UNIX shell, then use MSYS Makefiles.\n")
-  set(CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM NOTFOUND)
-endif()
 
-mark_as_advanced(CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM CMAKE_SH)
+mark_as_advanced(CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM)