diff --git a/cmake/windows-setup.cmake b/cmake/windows-setup.cmake
index 1dcf2571636..0dd1380eee7 100644
--- a/cmake/windows-setup.cmake
+++ b/cmake/windows-setup.cmake
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ set(FLB_OUT_STDOUT            Yes)
 set(FLB_OUT_LIB                No)
 set(FLB_OUT_NULL              Yes)
 set(FLB_OUT_FLOWCOUNTER       Yes)
-set(FLB_OUT_KAFKA             Yes)
+set(FLB_OUT_KAFKA              No)
 set(FLB_OUT_KAFKA_REST         No)
 
 # FILTER plugins
diff --git a/plugins/out_kafka/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/out_kafka/CMakeLists.txt
index b8aff9ff4b6..30303fb91c1 100644
--- a/plugins/out_kafka/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/out_kafka/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,6 +16,4 @@ set(src
   kafka.c)
 
 FLB_PLUGIN(out_kafka "${src}" "rdkafka")
-if (NOT MSVC)
-  target_link_libraries(flb-plugin-out_kafka -lpthread)
-endif()
+target_link_libraries(flb-plugin-out_kafka -lpthread)