diff --git a/site_scons/site_tools/naclsdk.py b/site_scons/site_tools/naclsdk.py
index 1688906392..043edf64ef 100755
--- a/site_scons/site_tools/naclsdk.py
+++ b/site_scons/site_tools/naclsdk.py
@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ def quote_for_at_file(s):
     # user-friendly to not let obsession with architectural
     # purity get in the way of just being helpful, so we'll
     # reach into SCons.Action directly.
-    if SCons.Action.print_actions:
+    if SCons.Script.ARGUMENTS.get('verbose'):
       cmdstr = env.subst(self.cmdstr, SCons.Subst.SUBST_RAW, target,
                           source) if self.cmdstr is not None else ''
       # Print our message only if XXXCOMSTR returns an empty string
diff --git a/site_scons/site_tools/target_platform_windows.py b/site_scons/site_tools/target_platform_windows.py
index 22e36d2cf0..4767d5bbf0 100755
--- a/site_scons/site_tools/target_platform_windows.py
+++ b/site_scons/site_tools/target_platform_windows.py
@@ -402,7 +402,10 @@ def RES(*argv, **karg):
       ],
       # Omit the absolute pathname of the .pdb debugging info file
       # from the executable, and just use a relative pathname.
-      LINKFLAGS_OPTIMIZED=['/PDBALTPATH:%_PDB%'],
+      # SCons passes /DEBUG when PDB is set, which defaults to incremental
+      # linking without dead-code removal, so override that explicitly.
+      LINKFLAGS_OPTIMIZED=['/PDBALTPATH:%_PDB%', '/INCREMENTAL:NO', '/OPT:REF',
+                           '/OPT:ICF'],
 
       # Settings for component_builders
       COMPONENT_LIBRARY_LINK_SUFFIXES=['.lib'],
diff --git a/tools/msvc_release.bat b/tools/msvc_release.bat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e12752c04f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/msvc_release.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+@echo off
+setlocal
+
+set RELEASE_VERSION=20261026
+
+set JOBS=8
+set SCONS=python3 -m SCons
+set ZIP7="C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z"
+set SAIGO_DIR=toolchain\saigosdk-windows-amd64_20260925
+
+:: Must set MSYS_DIR on command line. The MinGW distro doesn't really have to be MSYS
+:: but this makes it more convenient to set just one variable.
+set MINGW_AMD64="%MSYS_DIR%\mingw64"
+set MINGW_I686="%MSYS_DIR%\mingw32"
+
+%MINGW_AMD64%\bin\as --version
+%MINGW_I686%\bin\as --version
+%ZIP7%
+python3 -m pip freeze
+
+rd /S /Q scons-out release
+
+git log -1
+git status
+
+%SCONS% -j%JOBS% --mode=opt-win,nacl_irt saigo_newlib_dir=%SAIGO_DIR% mingw_dir=%MINGW_AMD64% platform=x86-64 saigo=1 --no-clang werror=0 sysinfo=0 sel_ldr irt_core || exit /B
+%SCONS% -j%JOBS% --mode=opt-win,nacl_irt saigo_newlib_dir=%SAIGO_DIR% mingw_dir=%MINGW_I686% platform=x86-32 saigo=1 --no-clang werror=0 sysinfo=0 sel_ldr irt_core || exit /B
+
+mkdir release
+cd release
+
+set TGT64=naclruntime-windows-amd64_%RELEASE_VERSION%
+set TGT32=naclruntime-windows-i686_%RELEASE_VERSION%
+mkdir %TGT64%
+mkdir %TGT32%
+copy ..\scons-out\opt-win-x86-64\staging\sel_ldr.exe %TGT64%
+copy ..\scons-out\opt-win-x86-32\staging\sel_ldr.exe %TGT32%
+copy ..\scons-out\nacl_irt-x86-64\staging\irt_core.nexe %TGT64%
+copy ..\scons-out\nacl_irt-x86-32\staging\irt_core.nexe %TGT32%
+%ZIP7% a -tzip -mx=9 %TGT64%.zip %TGT64% || exit /B
+%ZIP7% a -tzip -mx=9 %TGT32%.zip %TGT32% || exit /B
diff --git a/tools/redirector.exe b/tools/redirector.exe
deleted file mode 100755
index 210cd676f9..0000000000
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