diff --git a/recipe/meta.yaml b/recipe/meta.yaml
index 6bf26ac5e..e78d6d00f 100644
--- a/recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ build:
   # for cuda support, building with one version is enough to be compatible with
   # all later versions, since arrow is only using libcuda, and not libcudart.
   skip: true  # [cuda_compiler_version not in ("None", cuda_compiler_version_min)]
+  # debug
+  skip: true  # [not win]
   # arrow promises API- & ABI-compatibility along SemVer, see #1096
 
 requirements: