diff --git a/.ci/monolithic-windows.sh b/.ci/monolithic-windows.sh
index 14dea04c04291..f85d6e3d51b57 100755
--- a/.ci/monolithic-windows.sh
+++ b/.ci/monolithic-windows.sh
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ start-group "ninja"
 # Targets are not escaped as they are passed as separate arguments.
 ninja -C "${BUILD_DIR}" -k 0 ${targets} |& tee ninja.log
 
-start-group "ninja runtimes"
-
-ninja -C "${BUILD_DIR}" -k 0 ${runtimes_targets} |& tee ninja_runtimes.log
+if [[ "${runtime_targets}" != "" ]]; then
+  start-group "ninja runtimes"
+  
+  ninja -C "${BUILD_DIR}" -k 0 ${runtimes_targets} |& tee ninja_runtimes.log
+fi