diff --git a/src/internal/events/events.go b/src/internal/events/events.go
index f24d6e205..ed4cc5b05 100644
--- a/src/internal/events/events.go
+++ b/src/internal/events/events.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"os"
-	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/alcionai/clues"
@@ -234,12 +233,6 @@ func dumpMetrics(ctx context.Context, stop <-chan struct{}, sig *metrics.InmemSi
 	}
 }
 
-func signalDump(ctx context.Context) {
-	if err := syscall.Kill(syscall.Getpid(), metrics.DefaultSignal); err != nil {
-		logger.CtxErr(ctx, err).Error("metrics interval signal")
-	}
-}
-
 // Inc increments the given category by 1.
 func Inc(cat m, keys ...string) {
 	cats := append([]string{string(cat)}, keys...)
diff --git a/src/internal/events/events_signal_unix.go b/src/internal/events/events_signal_unix.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fb85b8b59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/internal/events/events_signal_unix.go
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+//go:build !windows
+// +build !windows
+
+package events
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"syscall"
+
+	"github.com/armon/go-metrics"
+
+	"github.com/alcionai/corso/src/pkg/logger"
+)
+
+func signalDump(ctx context.Context) {
+	if err := syscall.Kill(syscall.Getpid(), metrics.DefaultSignal); err != nil {
+		logger.CtxErr(ctx, err).Error("metrics interval signal")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/internal/events/events_signal_windows.go b/src/internal/events/events_signal_windows.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..86ae519d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/internal/events/events_signal_windows.go
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package events
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"github.com/alcionai/corso/src/pkg/logger"
+)
+
+func signalDump(ctx context.Context) {
+	logger.Ctx(ctx).Warn("cannot send signal on Windows")
+}