diff --git a/crates/amaru/Cargo.toml b/crates/amaru/Cargo.toml
index 38a1929..d5a9d88 100644
--- a/crates/amaru/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/amaru/Cargo.toml
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ opentelemetry-otlp = { version = "0.27.0", features = [
     "reqwest-client",
 ] }
 tracing-opentelemetry = { version = "0.28.0" }
+
+[target.'cfg(not(windows))'.dependencies]
 sys_metrics = "0.2.7"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/crates/amaru/src/bin/amaru/metrics.rs b/crates/amaru/src/bin/amaru/metrics.rs
index 00548dc..c022ae6 100644
--- a/crates/amaru/src/bin/amaru/metrics.rs
+++ b/crates/amaru/src/bin/amaru/metrics.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ use sys_metrics::{
 use tokio::task::JoinHandle;
 use tracing::warn;
 
+#[cfg(not(windows))]
 pub fn track_system_metrics(metrics: SdkMeterProvider) -> JoinHandle<()> {
     tokio::spawn(async move {
         let counters = make_system_counters(metrics);
@@ -40,6 +41,13 @@ pub fn track_system_metrics(metrics: SdkMeterProvider) -> JoinHandle<()> {
     })
 }
 
+#[cfg(windows)]
+pub fn track_system_metrics(metrics: SdkMeterProvider) -> JoinHandle<()> {
+    use tracing::info;
+    info!("System metrics currently not supported on Windows");
+    tokio::spawn(async {})
+}
+
 struct SystemCounters {
     total_memory: Gauge<u64>,
     free_memory: Gauge<u64>,
@@ -88,6 +96,7 @@ fn make_system_counters(metrics: SdkMeterProvider) -> SystemCounters {
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(not(windows))]
 fn get_reading() -> miette::Result<Reading> {
     use sys_metrics::*;
     let memory = memory::get_memory().into_diagnostic()?;