diff --git a/components/profile/Cargo.toml b/components/profile/Cargo.toml
index ca7a2dc25cb..3a0e74321ca 100644
--- a/components/profile/Cargo.toml
+++ b/components/profile/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ util = {path = "../util"}
 ipc-channel = {git = "https://github.com/servo/ipc-channel"}
 hbs-pow = "0.2"
 log = "0.3.5"
-libc = "0.2"
 serde = "0.7"
 serde_json = "0.7"
 serde_macros = "0.7"
@@ -26,3 +25,6 @@ task_info = {path = "../../support/rust-task_info"}
 
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "linux")'.dependencies]
 regex = "0.1.55"
+
+[target.'cfg(not(target_os = "windows"))'.dependencies]
+libc = "0.2"
diff --git a/components/profile/lib.rs b/components/profile/lib.rs
index eaea167644d..be6c2840ba1 100644
--- a/components/profile/lib.rs
+++ b/components/profile/lib.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 extern crate alloc_jemalloc;
 extern crate hbs_pow;
 extern crate ipc_channel;
+#[cfg(not(target_os = "windows"))]
 extern crate libc;
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate log;