diff --git a/SCons/Config/ms b/SCons/Config/ms
index 6a0e3790..b0507f52 100644
--- a/SCons/Config/ms
+++ b/SCons/Config/ms
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ if msvs_version < 10.0:
 	defenv.Append(LINKFLAGS = ['/opt:nowin98'])
 if defenv['MSTOOLKIT'] and msvs_version < 8.0:
 	defenv['MSVCRT_FLAG'] = '/ML' # TK2003 does not have all libs
-if msvs_version >= 10.0:
-	defenv.Append(LINKFLAGS = ['/FIXED']) # no relocations that our resource editor ignores
 if msvs_version >= 11.0:
 	defenv['SUBSYS_CON'] = '/subsystem:console,5.01' # support windows xp
 	defenv['SUBSYS_WIN'] = '/subsystem:windows,5.01' # support windows xp
@@ -126,6 +124,10 @@ stub_env.Append(CCFLAGS = ['/Fa${TARGET}.lst'])    # listing file name
 stub_env.Append(LINKFLAGS = ['$NODEFLIBS_FLAG'])   # no default libraries
 stub_env.Append(LINKFLAGS = ['$MAP_FLAG'])         # generate map file
 
+if msvs_version >= 10.0:
+	# no relocations that our resource editor ignores
+	stub_env.Append(LINKFLAGS = ['/FIXED'])
+
 stub_uenv = stub_env.Clone()
 stub_uenv.Append(CPPDEFINES = ['_UNICODE', 'UNICODE'])