diff --git a/ports/c-ares/portfile.cmake b/ports/c-ares/portfile.cmake
index 0ec1740da16800..a0e43f50e60b11 100644
--- a/ports/c-ares/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/c-ares/portfile.cmake
@@ -32,10 +32,11 @@ if(VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE STREQUAL static)
     vcpkg_replace_string(${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/include/ares.h
         "#ifdef CARES_STATICLIB" "#if 1"
     )
+endif()
 
+if(VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE STREQUAL static OR NOT VCPKG_TARGET_IS_WINDOWS)
     file(REMOVE_RECURSE "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/bin" "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/bin") # Empty folders
 endif()
-
 file(REMOVE_RECURSE "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/include" "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/share")
 
 # Handle copyright
diff --git a/ports/c-ares/vcpkg.json b/ports/c-ares/vcpkg.json
index a8833ac42574d2..996666f75c7019 100644
--- a/ports/c-ares/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/c-ares/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "c-ares",
   "version": "1.17.1",
-  "port-version": 1,
+  "port-version": 2,
   "description": "A C library for asynchronous DNS requests",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/c-ares/c-ares",
   "supports": "!uwp"
diff --git a/versions/baseline.json b/versions/baseline.json
index 61cd12944d1de3..ca79ac01dadced 100644
--- a/versions/baseline.json
+++ b/versions/baseline.json
@@ -1094,7 +1094,7 @@
     },
     "c-ares": {
       "baseline": "1.17.1",
-      "port-version": 1
+      "port-version": 2
     },
     "c4core": {
       "baseline": "2021-01-14",
diff --git a/versions/c-/c-ares.json b/versions/c-/c-ares.json
index 39bbc667cc43e3..60934c10ba591d 100644
--- a/versions/c-/c-ares.json
+++ b/versions/c-/c-ares.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "5d48aae0b9e4a0e201eab417117bab9491665193",
+      "version": "1.17.1",
+      "port-version": 2
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "1e8d84e28abdb8437a2665651b4359da40a3333f",
       "version": "1.17.1",