diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index e70de110..cc308906 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -12,10 +12,16 @@ jobs:
           shell: bash
         - os: macos-latest
           shell: bash
-        - os: windows-latest
-          shell: bash
-        - os: windows-latest
-          shell: powershell
+
+        # TODO: make tests pass on windows.  it works, but the tests have
+        # quite a lot of unixisms wrt modes and paths.  mostly trivial
+        # stuff to fix, but a lot of it.
+        #
+        # - os: windows-latest
+        #   shell: bash
+        # - os: windows-latest
+        #   shell: powershell
+
       fail-fast: false
 
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform.os }}