diff --git a/lib/win-exception-handler/build.rs b/lib/win-exception-handler/build.rs
index 84f0b574a..8d52624aa 100644
--- a/lib/win-exception-handler/build.rs
+++ b/lib/win-exception-handler/build.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
 fn main() {
-    #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
-    {
-        use cmake::Config;
-        let project_name = "exception_handling";
-        let dst = Config::new(project_name).build();
-        println!("cargo:rustc-link-search=native={}", dst.display());
-        println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=static={}", project_name);
+    if std::env::var("CARGO_CFG_TARGET_OS").expect("TARGET_OS not specified") != "windows" {
+        return;
     }
+
     cc::Build::new()
         .include("exception_handling")
         .file("exception_handling/exception_handling.c")