diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows_build.yml b/.github/workflows/windows_build.yml
index 3a3f440bfd18..1327c2c26bd1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windows_build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows_build.yml
@@ -175,7 +175,8 @@ jobs:
             # referring to a file from the gisinternals build machine...
             # LINK : fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file 'E:\buildsystem\release-1930\lib\proj9.lib' [D:\a\gdal\gdal\build\GDAL.vcxproj]
             # Disabling HDF4 (and netCDF) for similar reason: LINK : fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file 'E:\buildsystem\release-1930\lib\mfhdf.lib'
-            cmake -G $env:VS_VERSION -A $env:CMAKE_ARCHITECTURE .. $env:CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release $env:CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS=" /WX $env:ARCH_FLAGS" -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=" /WX $env:ARCH_FLAGS" -DGDAL_USE_DEFLATE=OFF $env:PROJ_ROOT $env:MYSQL_LIBRARY $env:POPPLER_EXTRA_LIBRARIES -DGDAL_USE_ZLIB_INTERNAL=ON -DECW_INTERFACE_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS="_MBCS;_UNICODE;UNICODE;_WINDOWS;LIBECWJ2;WIN32;_WINDLL;NO_X86_MMI" -DBUILD_CSHARP_BINDINGS=OFF -DBUILD_JAVA_BINDINGS=OFF -DOGR_ENABLE_DRIVER_LIBKML=OFF -DGDAL_USE_SPATIALITE=OFF -DGDAL_USE_GEOTIFF_INTERNAL=ON -DGDAL_USE_HDF4=OFF -DGDAL_USE_NETCDF=OFF -DGDAL_USE_WEBP=OFF
+            # Disabling KEA because of "keadataset.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: static class H5::FileAccPropList const & const H5::FileAccPropList::DEFAULT"
+            cmake -G $env:VS_VERSION -A $env:CMAKE_ARCHITECTURE .. $env:CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release $env:CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS=" /WX $env:ARCH_FLAGS" -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=" /WX $env:ARCH_FLAGS" -DGDAL_USE_DEFLATE=OFF $env:PROJ_ROOT $env:MYSQL_LIBRARY $env:POPPLER_EXTRA_LIBRARIES -DGDAL_USE_ZLIB_INTERNAL=ON -DECW_INTERFACE_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS="_MBCS;_UNICODE;UNICODE;_WINDOWS;LIBECWJ2;WIN32;_WINDLL;NO_X86_MMI" -DBUILD_CSHARP_BINDINGS=OFF -DBUILD_JAVA_BINDINGS=OFF -DOGR_ENABLE_DRIVER_LIBKML=OFF -DGDAL_USE_SPATIALITE=OFF -DGDAL_USE_GEOTIFF_INTERNAL=ON -DGDAL_USE_HDF4=OFF -DGDAL_USE_NETCDF=OFF -DGDAL_USE_WEBP=OFF -DGDAL_USE_KEA=OFF
             exec { cmake --build . --config Release --target install }
 
       - name: Run tests