diff --git a/conf.d/link_confs.py b/conf.d/link_confs.py
index f92e1c3..5ae221b 100644
diff --git a/conf.d/link_confs.py b/conf.d/link_confs.py
index f92e1c3..31dbae6 100644
--- a/conf.d/link_confs.py
+++ b/conf.d/link_confs.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import sys
 import argparse
 import platform
 from pathlib import PurePath
+import shutil
 
 if __name__=='__main__':
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
@@ -33,13 +34,4 @@ if __name__=='__main__':
             os.remove(dst)
         except FileNotFoundError:
             pass
-        try:
-            os.symlink(os.path.relpath(src, start=args.confpath), dst)
-        except NotImplementedError:
-            # Not supported on this version of Windows
-            break
-        except OSError as e:
-            # Symlink privileges are not available
-            if platform.system().lower() == 'windows' and e.winerror == 1314:
-                break
-            raise
+        shutil.copyfile(src, dst)
diff --git a/src/cutout.py b/src/cutout.py
index f172a97..2b2ff5d 100755
--- a/src/cutout.py
+++ b/src/cutout.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ if __name__== '__main__':
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
     input_lines = Path(args.input).read_text(encoding='utf-8').splitlines()
-    with Path(args.output).open('w', encoding='utf-8') as out:
+    with Path(args.output).open('w', encoding='utf-8', newline='\n') as out:
         write = True
         for l in input_lines:
             if l.startswith('CUT_OUT_BEGIN'):
diff --git a/src/fccfg.c b/src/fccfg.c
index 477bc63..638ec20 100644
--- a/src/fccfg.c
+++ b/src/fccfg.c
@@ -2390,10 +2390,27 @@ FcConfigGetPath (void)
 	char *p;
 	if (!GetModuleFileName (NULL, (LPCH)fontconfig_path, sizeof (fontconfig_path)))
 	    goto bail1;
-	p = strrchr ((const char *)fontconfig_path, '\\');
-	if (p)
-	    *p = '\0';
-	strcat ((char *)fontconfig_path, "\\fonts");
+
+        /* fontconfig_path should be initialized by the DllMain above for programs
+         * that link to fontconfig dynamically, but this code will kick in for
+         * statically linked users. Here we customize the logic to mirror DllMain -
+         * we assume we're in $PREFIX/bin and that config is in $PREFIX/etc/fonts.
+         * This is certainly fallible depending on where the binary lives, but Conda
+         * doesn't actually rewrite the build prefix in Windows binaries, so we
+         * can't use that to get a good absolute path. */
+        p = (FcChar8 *) strrchr ((const char *) fontconfig_path, '\\');
+        if (p)
+        {
+            *p = '\0';
+            p = (FcChar8 *) strrchr ((const char *) fontconfig_path, '\\');
+            if (p && (FcStrCmpIgnoreCase (p + 1, (const FcChar8 *) "bin") == 0 ||
+                      FcStrCmpIgnoreCase (p + 1, (const FcChar8 *) "lib") == 0))
+                *p = '\0';
+            strcat ((char *) fontconfig_instprefix, (char *) fontconfig_path);
+            strcat ((char *) fontconfig_path, "\\etc\\fonts");
+        } else {
+            strcat ((char *) fontconfig_path, "\\fonts");
+        }
     }
 #endif
     dir = (FcChar8 *)FONTCONFIG_PATH;