diff --git a/src/PackageCompiler.jl b/src/PackageCompiler.jl
index 6fa7a565..79e39cae 100644
--- a/src/PackageCompiler.jl
+++ b/src/PackageCompiler.jl
@@ -211,41 +211,42 @@ const WARNED_CPP_COMPILER = Ref{Bool}(false)
 function get_compiler_cmd(; cplusplus::Bool=false)
     cc = get(ENV, "JULIA_CC", nothing)
     path = nothing
-    @static if Sys.iswindows()
-        path = joinpath(LazyArtifacts.artifact"mingw-w64", "extracted_files", (Int==Int64 ? "mingw64" : "mingw32"), "bin", cplusplus ? "g++.exe" : "gcc.exe")
-        compiler_cmd = `$path`
-    end
     if cc !== nothing
         compiler_cmd = Cmd(Base.shell_split(cc))
         path = nothing
-    elseif !Sys.iswindows()
-        compilers_cpp = ("g++", "clang++")
-        compilers_c = ("gcc", "clang")
-        found_compiler = false
-        if cplusplus
-            for compiler in compilers_cpp
-                if Sys.which(compiler) !== nothing
-                    compiler_cmd = `$compiler`
-                    found_compiler = true
-                    break
+    else
+        @static if Sys.iswindows()
+            path = joinpath(LazyArtifacts.artifact"mingw-w64", "extracted_files", (Int==Int64 ? "mingw64" : "mingw32"), "bin", cplusplus ? "g++.exe" : "gcc.exe")
+            compiler_cmd = `$path`
+        else
+            compilers_cpp = ("g++", "clang++")
+            compilers_c = ("gcc", "clang")
+            found_compiler = false
+            if cplusplus
+                for compiler in compilers_cpp
+                    if Sys.which(compiler) !== nothing
+                        compiler_cmd = `$compiler`
+                        found_compiler = true
+                        break
+                    end
                 end
             end
-        end
-        if !found_compiler
-            for compiler in compilers_c
-                if Sys.which(compiler) !== nothing
-                    compiler_cmd = `$compiler`
-                    found_compiler = true
-                    if cplusplus && !WARNED_CPP_COMPILER[]
-                        @warn "could not find a c++ compiler (g++ or clang++), falling back to $compiler, this might cause link errors"
-                        WARNED_CPP_COMPILER[] = true
+            if !found_compiler
+                for compiler in compilers_c
+                    if Sys.which(compiler) !== nothing
+                        compiler_cmd = `$compiler`
+                        found_compiler = true
+                        if cplusplus && !WARNED_CPP_COMPILER[]
+                            @warn "could not find a c++ compiler (g++ or clang++), falling back to $compiler, this might cause link errors"
+                            WARNED_CPP_COMPILER[] = true
+                        end
+                        break
                     end
-                    break
                 end
             end
+            found_compiler || error("could not find a compiler, looked for ",
+                join(((cplusplus ? compilers_cpp : ())..., compilers_c...), ", ", " and "))
         end
-        found_compiler || error("could not find a compiler, looked for ",
-            join(((cplusplus ? compilers_cpp : ())..., compilers_c...), ", ", " and "))
     end
     if path !== nothing
         compiler_cmd = addenv(compiler_cmd, "PATH" => string(ENV["PATH"], ";", dirname(path)))