diff --git a/src/write.jl b/src/write.jl
index f400a32..e3c1253 100644
--- a/src/write.jl
+++ b/src/write.jl
@@ -83,8 +83,6 @@ function writexlsx(output_source::Union{AbstractString, IO}, xf::XLSXFile; overw
             print(xlsx, generate_sst_xml_string(get_sst(xf)))
         end
     end
-    # fix libuv issue on windows (#42)
-    @static Sys.iswindows() ? GC.gc() : nothing
     nothing
 end