diff --git a/cabal.project b/cabal.project
index a5712e1336..ab7a5cbb3d 100644
--- a/cabal.project
+++ b/cabal.project
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ write-ghc-environment-files: never
 
 -- Link executables dynamically so the linker doesn't produce test
 -- executables of ~150MB each and works lightning fast at that too
-executable-dynamic: True
+-- Disabled on Windows
+if(!os(windows))
+  executable-dynamic: True
 
 -- Many of our tests only work single-threaded, and the only way to
 -- ensure tasty runs everything purely single-threaded is to pass