diff --git a/ext/phar/config.w32 b/ext/phar/config.w32
index d2392aa4833..8def276a5b8 100644
--- a/ext/phar/config.w32
+++ b/ext/phar/config.w32
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ ARG_ENABLE("phar", "enable phar support", "no");
 if (PHP_PHAR != "no") {
 	EXTENSION("phar", "phar.c phar_object.c phar_path_check.c");
 	ADD_EXTENSION_DEP('phar', 'zlib', true);
-	ADD_EXTENSION_DEP('phar', 'bz2', true);
+	ADD_EXTENSION_DEP('phar', 'bz2', false);
 	ADD_EXTENSION_DEP('phar', 'spl', false);
 }