diff --git a/cli/task_runner.rs b/cli/task_runner.rs
index aabdaf5777..d6589a1832 100644
--- a/cli/task_runner.rs
+++ b/cli/task_runner.rs
@@ -585,7 +585,13 @@ pub async fn run_future_forwarding_signals<TOutput>(
 
 async fn listen_ctrl_c(kill_signal: KillSignal) {
   while let Ok(()) = tokio::signal::ctrl_c().await {
-    kill_signal.send(deno_task_shell::SignalKind::SIGINT)
+    // On windows, ctrl+c is sent to the process group, so the signal would
+    // have already been sent to the child process. We still want to listen
+    // for ctrl+c here to keep the process alive when receiving it, but no
+    // need to forward the signal because it's already been sent.
+    if !cfg!(windows) {
+      kill_signal.send(deno_task_shell::SignalKind::SIGINT)
+    }
   }
 }