diff --git a/scripts/src/main.lua b/scripts/src/main.lua
index cee99799e6d..8a3959442e3 100644
--- a/scripts/src/main.lua
+++ b/scripts/src/main.lua
@@ -66,8 +66,6 @@ function mainProject(_target, _subtarget)
 		"ocore_" .. _OPTIONS["osd"],
 	}
 	
-	local override_resources = false;
-	
 	maintargetosdoptions(_target)
 
 	includedirs {
@@ -82,7 +80,7 @@ function mainProject(_target, _subtarget)
 		GEN_DIR  .. "resource",
 	}
 
-	if _OPTIONS["targetos"]=="macosx" and (not override_resources) then
+	if _OPTIONS["targetos"]=="macosx" then
 		linkoptions {
 			"-sectcreate __TEXT __info_plist " .. GEN_DIR .. "/resource/" .. _target .. "-Info.plist"
 		}
@@ -95,29 +93,6 @@ function mainProject(_target, _subtarget)
 
 	end
 
-	if _OPTIONS["targetos"]=="windows" and (not override_resources) then
-		local rcfile = MAME_DIR .. "src/" .. _target .. "/osd/".._OPTIONS["osd"].."/" .. _target ..".rc"
-		if not os.isfile(rcfile) then
-			rcfile = MAME_DIR .. "src/" .. _target .. "/osd/windows/" .. _target ..".rc"
-		end
-		
-		if os.isfile(rcfile) then
-			files {
-				rcfile,
-			}
-			dependency {
-				{ "$(OBJDIR)/".._target ..".res" ,  GEN_DIR  .. "/resource/" .. _target .. "vers.rc", true  },
-			}
-		else
-			files {
-				MAME_DIR .. "src/osd/windows/mame.rc",
-			}
-			dependency {
-				{ "$(OBJDIR)/mame.res" ,  GEN_DIR  .. "/resource/" .. _target .. "vers.rc", true  },
-			}
-		end	
-	end
-
 	files {
 		MAME_DIR .. "src/".._target .."/" .. _target ..".c",
 		MAME_DIR .. "src/version.c",
diff --git a/scripts/src/osd/windows.lua b/scripts/src/osd/windows.lua
index 470e621bbc1..b5faf8722c6 100644
--- a/scripts/src/osd/windows.lua
+++ b/scripts/src/osd/windows.lua
@@ -32,6 +32,24 @@ function maintargetosdoptions(_target)
 		"comctl32",
 		"comdlg32",
 	}
+
+	local rcfile = MAME_DIR .. "src/" .. _target .. "/osd/windows/" .. _target ..".rc"
+
+	if os.isfile(rcfile) then
+		files {
+			rcfile,
+		}
+		dependency {
+			{ "$(OBJDIR)/".._target ..".res" ,  GEN_DIR  .. "/resource/" .. _target .. "vers.rc", true  },
+		}
+	else
+		files {
+			MAME_DIR .. "src/osd/windows/mame.rc",
+		}
+		dependency {
+			{ "$(OBJDIR)/mame.res" ,  GEN_DIR  .. "/resource/" .. _target .. "vers.rc", true  },
+		}
+	end
 end