diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows_gcc.yml b/.github/workflows/windows_gcc.yml
index b710c059..21c2f913 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windows_gcc.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows_gcc.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
       # Note the current convention is to use the -S and -B options here to specify source 
       # and build directories, but this is only available with CMake 3.13 and higher.  
       # The CMake binaries on the Github Actions machines are (as of this writing) 3.12
-      run: cmake $GITHUB_WORKSPACE -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=$BUILD_TYPE
+      run: cmake $GITHUB_WORKSPACE -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=$BUILD_TYPE -DUSE_ZLIB=OFF
 
     - name: Build
       working-directory: ${{github.workspace}}/build