diff --git a/examples/make_tracing_c/Makefile b/examples/make_tracing_c/Makefile
index 01556bc59..be77c71e4 100644
--- a/examples/make_tracing_c/Makefile
+++ b/examples/make_tracing_c/Makefile
@@ -49,12 +49,6 @@ VERILATOR_FLAGS += --coverage
 #VERILATOR_FLAGS += --debug
 # Add this trace to get a backtrace in gdb
 #VERILATOR_FLAGS += --gdbbt
-# This example does not use vl_time_stamp but rather
-# VerilatedContext::timeInc(), so to avoid a linker error on cygwin which
-# does not support weak symbols, we need to define VL_TIME_CONTEXT *in CPP*
-# to not compile in the vl_time_stamp using code.
-VERILATOR_FLAGS += -CFLAGS -DVL_TIME_CONTEXT
-
 
 # Input files for Verilator
 VERILATOR_INPUT = -f input.vc top.v sim_main.cpp
diff --git a/examples/make_tracing_c/Makefile_obj b/examples/make_tracing_c/Makefile_obj
index b757bd8d4..56db2ee15 100644
--- a/examples/make_tracing_c/Makefile_obj
+++ b/examples/make_tracing_c/Makefile_obj
@@ -45,12 +45,6 @@ OPT_FAST = -Os -fstrict-aliasing
 #OPT_FAST = -O
 #OPT_FAST =
 
-#######################################################################
-# Linking final exe -- presumes have a sim_main.cpp
-
-# Special compile rule
-sim_main.o: sim_main.cpp $(VM_PREFIX).h
-
 ######################################################################
 ######################################################################
 # Automatically understand dependencies
diff --git a/examples/make_tracing_c/sim_main.cpp b/examples/make_tracing_c/sim_main.cpp
index edd786a14..c8ee021a6 100644
--- a/examples/make_tracing_c/sim_main.cpp
+++ b/examples/make_tracing_c/sim_main.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
 // Include model header, generated from Verilating "top.v"
 #include "Vtop.h"
 
+// Legacy function required only so linking works on Cygwin and MSVC++
+double sc_time_stamp() { return 0; }
+
 int main(int argc, char** argv, char** env) {
     // This is a more complicated example, please also see the simpler examples/make_hello_c.