diff --git a/src/tools/run-make-support/src/symbols.rs b/src/tools/run-make-support/src/symbols.rs
index fd0c866bcc927..bb66e93138c76 100644
--- a/src/tools/run-make-support/src/symbols.rs
+++ b/src/tools/run-make-support/src/symbols.rs
@@ -28,12 +28,11 @@ pub fn any_symbol_contains(path: impl AsRef<Path>, substrings: &[&str]) -> bool
     with_symbol_iter(path, |syms| {
         for sym in syms {
             for substring in substrings {
-                if sym
-                    .name_bytes()
-                    .unwrap()
-                    .windows(substring.len())
-                    .any(|x| x == substring.as_bytes())
-                {
+                let name = sym.name_bytes().unwrap();
+                if name.starts_with(b"__imp_") {
+                    continue;
+                }
+                if name.windows(substring.len()).any(|x| x == substring.as_bytes()) {
                     eprintln!("{:?} contains {}", sym, substring);
                     return true;
                 }
diff --git a/tests/run-make/fmt-write-bloat/main.rs b/tests/run-make/fmt-write-bloat/main.rs
index e86c48014c3aa..6f206d6515a37 100644
--- a/tests/run-make/fmt-write-bloat/main.rs
+++ b/tests/run-make/fmt-write-bloat/main.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 use core::fmt;
 use core::fmt::Write;
 
-#[link(name = "c")]
+#[cfg_attr(not(windows), link(name = "c"))]
 extern "C" {}
 
 struct Dummy;
diff --git a/tests/run-make/fmt-write-bloat/rmake.rs b/tests/run-make/fmt-write-bloat/rmake.rs
index 4ae226ec0e234..141069cfb7d36 100644
--- a/tests/run-make/fmt-write-bloat/rmake.rs
+++ b/tests/run-make/fmt-write-bloat/rmake.rs
@@ -15,14 +15,11 @@
 //! `NO_DEBUG_ASSERTIONS=1`). If debug assertions are disabled, then we can check for the absence of
 //! additional `usize` formatting and padding related symbols.
 
-// Reason: This test is `ignore-windows` because the `no_std` test (using `#[link(name = "c")])`
-// doesn't link on windows.
-//@ ignore-windows
 //@ ignore-cross-compile
 
 use run_make_support::env::no_debug_assertions;
-use run_make_support::rustc;
 use run_make_support::symbols::any_symbol_contains;
+use run_make_support::{bin_name, rustc};
 
 fn main() {
     rustc().input("main.rs").opt().run();
@@ -33,5 +30,5 @@ fn main() {
         // otherwise, add them to the list of symbols to deny.
         panic_syms.extend_from_slice(&["panicking", "panic_fmt", "pad_integral", "Display"]);
     }
-    assert!(!any_symbol_contains("main", &panic_syms));
+    assert!(!any_symbol_contains(&bin_name("main"), &panic_syms));
 }