diff --git a/conan/tools/cmake/cmake.py b/conan/tools/cmake/cmake.py
index 4139447819d..049926a0e2c 100644
--- a/conan/tools/cmake/cmake.py
+++ b/conan/tools/cmake/cmake.py
@@ -79,17 +79,15 @@ def configure(self, source_folder=None):
             self._conanfile.package_folder.replace("\\", "/"),
             source)
 
+        if platform.system() == "Windows" and self._generator == "MinGW Makefiles":
+            arg_list += ' -DCMAKE_SH="CMAKE_SH-NOTFOUND"'
+
         generator = '-G "{}" '.format(self._generator) if self._generator else ""
         command = "%s %s%s" % (self._cmake_program, generator, arg_list)
 
-        is_windows_mingw = platform.system() == "Windows" and self._generator == "MinGW Makefiles"
         self._conanfile.output.info("CMake command: %s" % command)
         with chdir(build_folder):
-            if is_windows_mingw:
-                with tools.remove_from_path("sh"):
-                    self._conanfile.run(command)
-            else:
-                self._conanfile.run(command)
+            self._conanfile.run(command)
 
     def _build(self, build_type=None, target=None):
         bf = self._conanfile.build_folder
diff --git a/conans/test/functional/toolchains/cmake/test_cmake.py b/conans/test/functional/toolchains/cmake/test_cmake.py
index c59da9317a1..ff24a50c880 100644
--- a/conans/test/functional/toolchains/cmake/test_cmake.py
+++ b/conans/test/functional/toolchains/cmake/test_cmake.py
@@ -272,6 +272,7 @@ def _verify_out(marker=">>"):
     @parameterized.expand([("Debug", "libstdc++", "4.9", "98", "x86_64", True),
                            ("Release", "libstdc++", "4.9", "11", "x86_64", False)])
     @pytest.mark.tool_mingw64
+    @pytest.mark.tool_cmake(version="3.15")
     def test_toolchain_mingw_win(self, build_type, libcxx, version, cppstd, arch, shared):
         # FIXME: The version and cppstd are wrong, toolchain doesn't enforce it
         settings = {"compiler": "gcc",
@@ -287,6 +288,7 @@ def test_toolchain_mingw_win(self, build_type, libcxx, version, cppstd, arch, sh
         self.assertIn("The C compiler identification is GNU", self.client.out)
         self.assertIn('CMake command: cmake -G "MinGW Makefiles" '
                       '-DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE="conan_toolchain.cmake"', self.client.out)
+        assert '-DCMAKE_SH="CMAKE_SH-NOTFOUND"' in self.client.out
 
         def _verify_out(marker=">>"):
             cmake_vars = {"CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM": "",