diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9aad90aeb4f175..ef847c1024a17d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -91,6 +91,3 @@ members = [
 exclude = [
     "programs/bpf",
 ]
-
-# This prevents a Travis CI error when building for Windows.
-resolver = "2"
diff --git a/ci/publish-tarball.sh b/ci/publish-tarball.sh
index ef078f6636c0d5..3b8b7b10df80f8 100755
--- a/ci/publish-tarball.sh
+++ b/ci/publish-tarball.sh
@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ windows)
     git config core.symlinks true
     find . -type l -delete
     git reset --hard
+    # The Windows build fails without resolver = "2", but including it in Cargo.toml causes
+    # other problems (see PR #26555 and Issue #22603). This adds resolver = "2" to
+    # Cargo.toml before building. Since the build environment does not persist the changes
+    # are discarded after the build and do not interfere with non-Windows builds.
+    echo 'resolver = "2"' >> Cargo.toml
   )
   ;;
 *)