diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull_requests.yml b/.github/workflows/pull_requests.yml
index 29e124cfeb..532645ade3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull_requests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull_requests.yml
@@ -364,6 +364,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Build windows container
     needs:
       - build
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.runs_on }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
         include:
@@ -373,10 +374,6 @@ jobs:
           - arch_os: windows_amd64
             base_image_tag: ltsc2019
             runs-on: windows-2019
-    with:
-      arch_os: ${{ matrix.arch_os }}
-      runs-on: ${{ matrix.runs-on }}
-      base_image_tag: ${{ matrix.base_image_tag }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_builds.yml b/.github/workflows/release_builds.yml
index 7db1328448..ada93fcbfb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release_builds.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_builds.yml
@@ -385,52 +385,6 @@ jobs:
             PLATFORM=${{ matrix.arch_os }}
             BUILD_TYPE_SUFFIX="-ubi"
 
-  build-windows-container-images:
-    name: Build Windows container
-    runs-on: windows-2022
-    needs:
-      - build
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        include:
-          - arch_os: windows_amd64
-            base_image_tag: ltsc2022
-          - arch_os: windows_amd64
-            base_image_tag: ltsc2019
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Extract tag
-        id: extract_tag
-        run: echo "tag=$(git rev-parse HEAD)" > $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-      - name: Print tag
-        run: echo "Running dev build for ${{ steps.extract_tag.outputs.tag }}"
-
-      - name: Login to Open Source ECR
-        run: |
-          USERNAME=$(powershell.exe "echo \$Env:UserName")
-          # remove wincred entry and fix json format by replacing }, with }
-          cat "C:\\Users\\${USERNAME}\\.docker\\config.json" | grep -v "wincred" | sed 's/},$/}/' > "C:\\Users\\${USERNAME}\\.docker\\config.json.tmp"
-          mv "C:\\Users\\${USERNAME}\\.docker\\config.json.tmp" "C:\\Users\\${USERNAME}\\.docker\\config.json"
-          make login
-        env:
-          AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID_DEV }}
-          AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY_DEV }}
-
-      - name: Download binary action artifact from build phase
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: otelcol-sumo-${{matrix.arch_os}}.exe
-          path: artifacts/
-
-      - name: Build and push image to Open Source ECR
-        run: |
-          cp artifacts/otelcol-sumo-${{matrix.arch_os}}.exe otelcol-sumo.exe
-          make build-push-container-windows \
-            BUILD_TAG=${{ steps.extract_tag.outputs.tag }} \
-            PLATFORM=${{ matrix.arch_os }}_${{ matrix.base_image_tag }}
-
   push-docker-manifest:
     name: Push joint container manifest
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
@@ -439,7 +393,6 @@ jobs:
       # when darwin build fails.
       - build-darwin
       - build-container-images
-      - build-windows-container-images
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
@@ -484,7 +437,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           make push-container-manifest \
             BUILD_TAG=${{ steps.extract_tag.outputs.tag }} \
-            PLATFORMS="linux/amd64 linux/arm64 windows/amd64/ltsc2022 windows/amd64/ltsc2019"
+            PLATFORMS="linux/amd64 linux/arm64"
 
       - name: Push joint UBI-based container manifest for all platforms to Open Source ECR
         run: |