diff --git a/.github/workflows/compile-msvc.yml b/.github/workflows/compile-msvc.yml
index c5a40dec45..b2d07f084d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/compile-msvc.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/compile-msvc.yml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ jobs:
         ccache -z
         python3 -m pip install numpy
         python3 -m pip install pyyaml
-        cmake -C cmake\presets\windows.cmake -D CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=cl -D CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache -D CMAKE_C_COMPILER=cl -D CMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache -D DOWNLOAD_POTENTIALS=off -D PKG_PYTHON=on -D WITH_PNG=off -D WITH_JPEG=off -S cmake -B build -D BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=on -D ENABLE_TESTING=on -G Ninja
+        cmake -C cmake\presets\windows.cmake -D CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=cl -D CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache -D CMAKE_C_COMPILER=cl -D CMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache -D CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER="" -D DOWNLOAD_POTENTIALS=off -D PKG_PYTHON=on -D WITH_PNG=off -D WITH_JPEG=off -S cmake -B build -D BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=on -D ENABLE_TESTING=on -G Ninja
         cmake --build build --parallel 2
 
     - name: Run LAMMPS executable