diff --git a/build/src/OpenSourceCommunityInstallersBuildTarget.kt b/build/src/OpenSourceCommunityInstallersBuildTarget.kt
index c22f1f855255..d3c5e45dfaec 100644
--- a/build/src/OpenSourceCommunityInstallersBuildTarget.kt
+++ b/build/src/OpenSourceCommunityInstallersBuildTarget.kt
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
-// Copyright 2000-2024 JetBrains s.r.o. and contributors. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license.
+// Copyright 2000-2025 JetBrains s.r.o. and contributors. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license.
 import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers
 import kotlinx.coroutines.runBlocking
-import org.jetbrains.intellij.build.BuildOptions
-import org.jetbrains.intellij.build.CompilationTasks
-import org.jetbrains.intellij.build.buildCommunityStandaloneJpsBuilder
-import org.jetbrains.intellij.build.createCommunityBuildContext
+import org.jetbrains.intellij.build.*
 import org.jetbrains.intellij.build.impl.buildDistributions
 import org.jetbrains.intellij.build.telemetry.TraceManager.spanBuilder
 import org.jetbrains.intellij.build.telemetry.use
@@ -18,6 +15,10 @@ internal object OpenSourceCommunityInstallersBuildTarget {
       incrementalCompilation = true
       useCompiledClassesFromProjectOutput = false
       buildStepsToSkip += BuildOptions.MAC_SIGN_STEP
+      if (OsFamily.currentOs == OsFamily.MACOS) {
+        // generally not needed; doesn't work well on build agents
+        buildStepsToSkip += BuildOptions.WINDOWS_EXE_INSTALLER_STEP
+      }
     }
 
     runBlocking(Dispatchers.Default) {
@@ -25,8 +26,8 @@ internal object OpenSourceCommunityInstallersBuildTarget {
       CompilationTasks.create(context).compileModules(moduleNames = null, includingTestsInModules = listOf("intellij.platform.jps.build.tests"))
       buildDistributions(context)
       spanBuilder("build standalone JPS").use {
-        buildCommunityStandaloneJpsBuilder(targetDir = context.paths.artifactDir.resolve("jps"), context = context)
+        buildCommunityStandaloneJpsBuilder(targetDir = context.paths.artifactDir.resolve("jps"), context)
       }
     }
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}