diff --git a/scripts/desktop/build-lib-windows.sh b/scripts/desktop/build-lib-windows.sh
index af408d4054..fdf7154491 100755
--- a/scripts/desktop/build-lib-windows.sh
+++ b/scripts/desktop/build-lib-windows.sh
@@ -38,8 +38,9 @@ scripts/desktop/prepare-openssl-windows.sh
 
 openssl_windows_style_path=$(echo `pwd`/dist-newstyle/openssl-3.0.15 | sed 's#/\([a-zA-Z]\)#\1:#' | sed 's#/#\\#g')
 rm -rf $BUILD_DIR 2>/dev/null || true
-# Existence of this directory produces build error: cabal's bug
-rm -rf dist-newstyle/src/direct-sq* 2>/dev/null || true
+# Existence of these directories produces build error: cabal's bug
+# (simplexmq is removed because cabal cannot delete its read-only git submodule pack files - blst, libbbs - on Windows)
+rm -rf dist-newstyle/src/direct-sq* dist-newstyle/src/simplexmq* 2>/dev/null || true
 rm cabal.project.local 2>/dev/null || true
 echo "ignore-project: False" >> cabal.project.local
 echo "package direct-sqlcipher" >> cabal.project.local