How to include C headers without linking libc in Zig

I am attempting to use the Win32 API in Zig without linking libc, since the former does not rely on the latter:

const windows = @cImport({
    @cDefine("UNICODE", {});
    @cDefine("_UNICODE", {});
    @cDefine("WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN", {});
    @cInclude("windows.h");
});

However, when I try to build the above, even when using zig build -Dtarget=x86_64-windows-msvc (to account for the fact MinGW may potentially use libc), I get the error:

src\main.zig:1:17: error: C import failed
            const windows = @cImport({
                            ^~~~~~~~
src\main.zig:1:17: note: libc headers not available; compilation does not link against libc

How can I @cInclude C headers without linking libc?

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