diff --git a/.github/workflows/pre-release.yml b/.github/workflows/pre-release.yml
index ea10d650..f1ee6749 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pre-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pre-release.yml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ jobs:
           extraPullNames: nix-community
       - name: Build release
         run: |
-          nix-build --argstr target ${{ matrix.target }}
+          nix-build --argstr target ${{ matrix.target }} --arg isStatic true
       - name: Upload release artifacts
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
diff --git a/default.nix b/default.nix
index b2f36641..abd8ac1e 100644
--- a/default.nix
+++ b/default.nix
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ let
     stdenv = pkgs.stdenv;
     apple-sdk = if pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.isx86_64 then pkgs.apple-sdk_13 else pkgs.apple-sdk_14;
     installShellFiles = false;
-    windows = pkgs.windows;
     installShellCompletions = false;
     installManPages = false;
     notmuch = pkgs.notmuch;
diff --git a/package.nix b/package.nix
index c531cbd5..f557e616 100644
--- a/package.nix
+++ b/package.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 { lib
 , pkg-config
 , rustPlatform
-, windows
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , stdenv
 , apple-sdk
@@ -29,15 +28,6 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
 
   cargoHash = "sha256-YS8IamapvmdrOPptQh2Ef9Yold0IK1XIeGs0kDIQ5b8=";
 
-  NIX_LDFLAGS = lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isWindows [
-    #"-L${windows.mcfgthreads}/lib"
-    #"-L${}/lib"
-    #"-L${windows.mingwrt}/lib"
-    #"-L${windows.w32api}/lib"
-    #"-lmcfgthread"
-    "-lunwind"
-  ];
-
   doCheck = false;
   auditable = false;