diff --git a/package.nix b/package.nix
index 7d9a39771..db17badf0 100644
--- a/package.nix
+++ b/package.nix
@@ -75,7 +75,10 @@
 # sounds so long as evaluation just takes places within short-lived
 # processes. (When the process exits, the memory is reclaimed; it is
 # only leaked *within* the process.)
-, enableGC ? true
+#
+# Temporarily disabled on Windows because the `GC_throw_bad_alloc`
+# symbol is missing during linking.
+, enableGC ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isWindows
 
 # Whether to enable Markdown rendering in the Nix binary.
 , enableMarkdown ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isWindows