diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ac45a3d..7ea69cd 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -97,7 +97,8 @@ dist: all
 ifeq ($(WINDOWS),1)
 	cp -a $(shell which SDL.dll) $@
 	cp -a $(shell which SDL_image.dll) $@
-	cp -a $(shell which ODE.dll) $@
+# jh 2009-10-29 statically linking with ODE now
+#	cp -a $(shell which ODE.dll) $@
 	cp -a $(shell which jpeg.dll) $@
 	cp -a $(shell which libpng12-0.dll) $@
 	cp -a $(shell which zlib1.dll) $@