diff --git a/.github/workflows/low-priority-targets.yml b/.github/workflows/low-priority-targets.yml
index 505bc7a..b7a44c1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/low-priority-targets.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/low-priority-targets.yml
@@ -27,6 +27,15 @@ jobs:
     - name: check
       run: cargo check --target wasm32-wasip1
 
+  windows:
+    name: check windows
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+    - name: check
+      run: cargo check
+
+  # some unix specific crates might reject windows while it supports this...
   cygwin:
     name: check cygwin
     runs-on: windows-latest
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 722b574..7ee2017 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1254,7 +1254,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "interpreter",
  "memchr",
  "parser",
- "rustix",
  "thiserror",
  "tracing",
  "tracing-error",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ff19895..7bf82c3 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ memchr.workspace = true
 thiserror.workspace = true
 tracing.workspace = true
 bumpalo.workspace = true
-rustix = { version = "1.1.4", default-features = false, features = ["process"]}
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.23", features = ["env-filter"] }
 tracing-error = "0.2.1"
 clap = { version = "4.6.1", features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/src/utils.rs b/src/utils.rs
index ae92746..092f064 100644
--- a/src/utils.rs
+++ b/src/utils.rs
@@ -9,13 +9,14 @@ use std::panic::{UnwindSafe, catch_unwind, set_hook, take_hook};
 use std::process::exit;
 
 use color_eyre::config::HookBuilder;
-use rustix::process::{EXIT_FAILURE, EXIT_SUCCESS};
 use tracing_error::ErrorLayer;
 use tracing_subscriber::prelude::*;
 
 type ExitCode = i32;
 
 const AWK_PANIC_CODE: ExitCode = 2;
+const EXIT_FAILURE: ExitCode = 1;
+const EXIT_SUCCESS: ExitCode = 0;
 
 fn install_abort_hook() {
     let run_hook = take_hook();