diff --git a/.drone.star b/.drone.star
index d247c0888..ad34ae75d 100644
--- a/.drone.star
+++ b/.drone.star
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ config = {
         "from_secret": "private_rocketchat",
     },
     "binaryReleases": {
-        "os": ["linux", "darwin", "windows"],
+        "os": ["linux", "darwin"],
     },
     "dockerReleases": {
         "architectures": ["arm", "arm64", "amd64"],
diff --git a/.make/release.mk b/.make/release.mk
index d4dd4286d..394ac97f8 100644
--- a/.make/release.mk
+++ b/.make/release.mk
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ changelog: $(CALENS) ## generate changelog
 	$(CALENS) -i ../changelog -t ../changelog/CHANGELOG.tmpl >| ../CHANGELOG.md
 
 .PHONY: release
-release: release-dirs release-linux release-windows release-darwin release-copy release-check
+release: release-dirs release-linux release-darwin release-copy release-check
 
 .PHONY: release-dirs
 release-dirs:
@@ -91,18 +91,6 @@ release-linux: release-dirs
 	@# https://github.com/golang/go/issues/50405
 	@# -buildmode=pie not easily doable for arm
 
-.PHONY: release-windows
-release-windows: release-dirs
-	GOOS=windows \
-	GOARCH=amd64 \
-	go build \
-		-tags 'netgo $(TAGS)' \
-		-buildmode=pie \
-		-trimpath \
-		-ldflags '-extldflags "-static" $(LDFLAGS)' \
-		-o '$(DIST)/binaries/$(EXECUTABLE)-$(OUTPUT)-windows-amd64' \
-		./cmd/$(NAME)
-
 .PHONY: release-darwin
 release-darwin: release-dirs
 	GOOS=darwin \
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/remove-windows.md b/changelog/unreleased/remove-windows.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..04263458e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/remove-windows.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+Enhancement: Remove windows from ci & release makefile
+
+We have removed windows from the ci & release makefile
+
+https://github.com/owncloud/ocis/pull/5026
+https://github.com/owncloud/ocis/issues/5011
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