diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 976c15d6c..cfaf6721d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ if(NOT ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL "Linux")
 endif()
 # some distros (<cough>motherfucking alpine</cough> subsume terminfo directly
 # into ncurses. accept either, and may god have mercy on our souls.
+if(NOT WIN32)
 pkg_search_module(TERMINFO REQUIRED tinfo>=6.1 ncursesw>=6.1)
 set_property(GLOBAL APPEND PROPERTY PACKAGES_FOUND terminfo)
 set_package_properties(terminfo PROPERTIES TYPE REQUIRED)