From 95cd5efcc99ca6202198f481c3489f0dc372fba8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Nelson <andyfaff@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2026 07:14:57 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] BLD: stop building win32

---
 .github/workflows/wheels.yml      | 10 +---------
 tools/wheels/cibw_test_command.sh |  4 ----
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/wheels.yml b/.github/workflows/wheels.yml
index aa956ec..1b7f383 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wheels.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wheels.yml
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ jobs:
           - [macos-14, macosx_arm64, openblas]
           - [macos-14, macosx_arm64, accelerate]
           - [windows-2022, win_amd64, ""]
-          - [windows-2022, win32, ""]
           - [windows-11-arm, win_arm64, ""]
         python: ["cp312", "cp313", "cp314", "cp314t", "cp315", "cp315t"]
         exclude:
@@ -69,8 +68,7 @@ jobs:
         include:
           - buildplat: [ ubuntu-22.04, pyodide_wasm32, "" ]
             python: "cp313"
-    env:
-      IS_32_BIT: ${{ matrix.buildplat[1] == 'win32' }}  # used in a cibw_*.sh script
+
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout numpy-release
@@ -87,12 +85,6 @@ jobs:
           submodules: true
           persist-credentials: false
 
-      - name: Setup MSVC (32-bit)
-        if: ${{ matrix.buildplat[1] == 'win32' }}
-        uses: bus1/cabuild/action/msdevshell@e22aba57d6e74891d059d66501b6b5aed8123c4d  # v1
-        with:
-          architecture: 'x86'
-
       - name: win_arm64 - set environment variables
         if: ${{ matrix.buildplat[1] == 'win_arm64' }}
         run: |
diff --git a/tools/wheels/cibw_test_command.sh b/tools/wheels/cibw_test_command.sh
index 4aa4370..73852d2 100644
--- a/tools/wheels/cibw_test_command.sh
+++ b/tools/wheels/cibw_test_command.sh
@@ -6,10 +6,6 @@ PROJECT_DIR="$1"
 
 python -c "import numpy; numpy.show_config()"
 
-if [[ $RUNNER_OS == "Windows" && $IS_32_BIT == true ]] ; then
-  # Avoid this in GHA: "ERROR: Found GNU link.exe instead of MSVC link.exe"
-  rm /c/Program\ Files/Git/usr/bin/link.EXE
-fi
 
 # Set available memory value to avoid OOM problems on aarch64 (see gh-22418)
 export NPY_AVAILABLE_MEM="4 GB"