diff --git a/scripts/genie.lua b/scripts/genie.lua
index 28f8ccb026b..0a299178859 100644
--- a/scripts/genie.lua
+++ b/scripts/genie.lua
@@ -473,14 +473,6 @@ if _OPTIONS["MAP"] then
 		}
 
 	end	
-end
-if _OPTIONS["SYMBOLS"] then
-	configuration { "mingw*" }
-		postbuildcommands {
-			"$(SILENT) echo Dumping symbols.",
-			"$(SILENT) objdump --section=.text --line-numbers --syms --demangle $(TARGET) >$(subst .exe,.sym,$(TARGET))"
-		}
-	configuration { }
 end
 	buildoptions {
 		"-Wno-unknown-pragmas",
diff --git a/scripts/src/main.lua b/scripts/src/main.lua
index 360749f3a80..9b415f2870e 100644
--- a/scripts/src/main.lua
+++ b/scripts/src/main.lua
@@ -14,6 +14,14 @@ function mainProject(_target, _subtarget)
 		"NoManifest",
 	}
 
+	if _OPTIONS["SYMBOLS"] then
+		configuration { "mingw*" }
+			postbuildcommands {
+				"$(SILENT) echo Dumping symbols.",
+				"$(SILENT) objdump --section=.text --line-numbers --syms --demangle $(TARGET) >$(subst .exe,.sym,$(TARGET))"
+			}
+	end
+
 	configuration { "osx*" }
 		linkoptions {
 			"-sectcreate __TEXT __info_plist " .. GEN_DIR .. "/osd/sdl/" .. _OPTIONS["target"] .. "-Info.plist"