Delete x86_64-w64-mingw32-nmakehlp.exe from tcltk

Author: zanieb

cpython-windows/build.py

@@ -1268,14 +1268,10 @@ def build_cpython(
     # runtime dependencies, so we are conservative and use the old version
     # elsewhere. The old version isn't built for arm64, so we use the new
     # version there too
-    if meets_python_minimum_version(python_version, "3.14") or arch == "arm64":
-        tk_bin_archive = download_entry(
-            "tk-windows-bin", BUILD, local_name="tk-windows-bin.tar.gz"
-        )
-    else:
-        tk_bin_archive = download_entry(
-            "tk-windows-bin-8612", BUILD, local_name="tk-windows-bin.tar.gz"
-        )
+    tk_bin_entry = "tk-windows-bin" if meets_python_minimum_version(python_version, "3.14") or arch == "arm64" else "tk-windows-bin-8612"
+    tk_bin_archive = download_entry(
+        tk_bin_entry, BUILD, local_name="tk-windows-bin.tar.gz"
+    )
 
     # CPython 3.13+ no longer uses a bundled `mpdecimal` version so we build it
     if meets_python_minimum_version(python_version, "3.13"):
@@ -1350,6 +1346,11 @@ def build_cpython(
             log("copying %s to %s" % (source, dest))
             shutil.copyfile(source, dest)
 
+        # Delete the tk nmake helper, it's not needed and links msvc
+        tcltk_commit: str = DOWNLOADS[tk_bin_entry]["git_commit"]
+        tcltk_path = td / ("cpython-bin-deps-%s" % tcltk_commit)
+        (tcltk_path / build_directory / "lib" / "nmake" / "x86_64-w64-mingw32-nmakehlp.exe").unlink()
+
         cpython_source_path = td / ("Python-%s" % python_version)
         pcbuild_path = cpython_source_path / "PCbuild"