diff --git a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml
index bb57d2faf7..65f76e8df8 100644
--- a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml
+++ b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ files: []
 script: |
   WRAP_DIR=$HOME/wrapped
   HOSTS="x86_64-w64-mingw32 i686-w64-mingw32"
-  CONFIGFLAGS="--enable-reduce-exports --disable-gui-tests"
+  CONFIGFLAGS="--enable-reduce-exports --disable-bench --disable-gui-tests"
   FAKETIME_HOST_PROGS="g++ ar ranlib nm windres strip objcopy"
   FAKETIME_PROGS="date makensis zip"
   HOST_CFLAGS="-O2 -g"