diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-distributions.yml b/.github/workflows/build-distributions.yml
index 14f4bb4b5..05f7792ce 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-distributions.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-distributions.yml
@@ -134,8 +134,8 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         job:
-        - target: x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
-          os: windows-2019
+        # - target: x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
+        #   os: windows-2019
         - target: aarch64-apple-darwin
           os: macos-14
         - target: x86_64-apple-darwin
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-hatch.yml b/.github/workflows/build-hatch.yml
index 3c98389ba..33251a850 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-hatch.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-hatch.yml
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ jobs:
         # Windows
         - target: x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
           os: windows-2022
-          use-dist: true
+          # use-dist: true
         - target: i686-pc-windows-msvc
           os: windows-2022
         # macOS
@@ -334,39 +334,6 @@ jobs:
         path: installers/*
         if-no-files-found: error
 
-  test-distributions:
-    name: Test distribution ${{ matrix.job.target }}
-    if: github.event_name == 'push' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository
-    needs:
-    - distributions-dev
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.job.os }}
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        job:
-        - target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
-          os: ubuntu-22.04
-        - target: x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
-          os: windows-2022
-        - target: aarch64-apple-darwin
-          os: macos-14
-        - target: x86_64-apple-darwin
-          os: macos-12
-
-    steps:
-    - name: Download distributions
-      uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
-      with:
-        name: distribution-${{ matrix.job.target }}
-
-    - name: Unpack distribution
-      run: |-
-        mkdir out
-        tar xzf hatch-dist-${{ matrix.job.target }}.tar.gz -C out
-
-    - name: Try to run
-      run: ./out/python/bin/hatch --version
-
   macos-packaging:
     name: Build macOS installer and sign/notarize artifacts
     if: github.event_name == 'push' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository
@@ -547,7 +514,7 @@ jobs:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/build-distributions.yml
     # This actually does not need the binary jobs but we want to prioritize
     # resources for the test jobs therefore this forces these later on
-    # needs: binaries
+    needs: binaries
 
   distributions-release:
     name: Build release distributions