diff --git a/arguments.py b/arguments.py
index 527c6f7..1ec5cc6 100644
--- a/arguments.py
+++ b/arguments.py
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ compression applying to archive
 
         remote=msys.REPOSITORY,
         architectures=[msys.ARCHITECTURE],
-        subsystems=[msys.SUBSYSTEM, 'mingw'],
+        subsystems=[subsystem.MAIN, 'mingw'],
 
         filesystem='fs',
         compression='zst',
diff --git a/msys.py b/msys.py
index 6c2d1a1..a5054a1 100644
--- a/msys.py
+++ b/msys.py
@@ -4,6 +4,5 @@ CATALOG = '.files'
 CHARSET = 'u8'
 REPOSITORY = 'https://repo.msys2.org'
 SIGNATURE = '.sig'
-SUBSYSTEM = 'msys'
 
 ARCHITECTURES = [ARCHITECTURE, 'i686']