diff --git a/veilid-tools/src/ipc/mod.rs b/veilid-tools/src/ipc/mod.rs
index 665c52de..1aaec522 100644
--- a/veilid-tools/src/ipc/mod.rs
+++ b/veilid-tools/src/ipc/mod.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ cfg_if! {
         pub use ipc_tokio::*;
     } else if #[cfg(feature="rt-async-std")] {
         mod ipc_async_std;
+        #[cfg_attr(windows, allow(unused_imports))]
         pub use ipc_async_std::*;
     }
 }