diff --git a/crates/gpui/build.rs b/crates/gpui/build.rs
index 36186c87ed..dfe7aa09df 100644
--- a/crates/gpui/build.rs
+++ b/crates/gpui/build.rs
@@ -447,7 +447,6 @@ mod windows {
             const_definition.replace('{', "[").replace('}', "]")
         );
         let mut options = fs::OpenOptions::new()
-            .write(true)
             .create(true)
             .append(true)
             .open(output_path)