diff --git a/cmake/FindRust.cmake b/cmake/FindRust.cmake
index 535e001c..37adb8ee 100644
--- a/cmake/FindRust.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindRust.cmake
@@ -187,8 +187,10 @@ function(_corrosion_determine_libs_new target_triple out_libs out_flags)
                 endif()
             endforeach()
             set(libs_list "${stripped_lib_list}")
-            # Special case `msvcrt` to link with the debug version in Debug mode.
-            list(TRANSFORM libs_list REPLACE "^msvcrt$" "\$<\$<CONFIG:Debug>:msvcrtd>")
+            # We leave it up to the C/C++ executable that links in the Rust static-library
+            # to determine which version of the msvc runtime library it should select.
+            list(FILTER libs_list EXCLUDE REGEX "^msvcrtd?")
+            list(FILTER flag_list EXCLUDE REGEX "^/defaultlib:msvcrtd?")
         else()
             message(DEBUG "Determining required native libraries - failed: Regex match failure.")
             message(DEBUG "`native-static-libs` not found in: `${cargo_build_error_message}`")