diff --git a/recipes/r-pastclim/meta.yaml b/recipes/r-pastclim/meta.yaml
index 972b5d1fb9319..b162bc3ff3923 100644
--- a/recipes/r-pastclim/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipes/r-pastclim/meta.yaml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ source:
   sha256: 53e15d3dc0f9b61be7ab8ca2d6dc9379b414cb3f597b919d601c01b4ec62ac71
 
 build:
+  skip: true  # [win]
   merge_build_host: True  # [win]
   number: 0
   noarch: generic