diff --git a/src/catch2/catch_config.cpp b/src/catch2/catch_config.cpp
index 4465831d..7555a21f 100644
--- a/src/catch2/catch_config.cpp
+++ b/src/catch2/catch_config.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,12 @@ namespace {
 #        pragma warning( disable : 4996 )
 #    endif
 
+#    if defined( WINAPI_FAMILY )
+        // UWP doesn't support environment variables.
+        return false;
+#    else
         return std::getenv( "BAZEL_TEST" ) != nullptr;
+#    endif
 
 #    if defined( _MSC_VER )
 #        pragma warning( pop )
@@ -81,6 +86,8 @@ namespace Catch {
             } );
         }
 
+#if !defined( WINAPI_FAMILY )
+    // UWP doesn't support environment variables.
     if(provideBazelReporterOutput()){
             // Register a JUnit reporter for Bazel. Bazel sets an environment
             // variable with the path to XML output. If this file is written to
@@ -102,6 +109,7 @@ namespace Catch {
                     { "junit", std::string( bazelOutputFilePtr ), {}, {} } );
             }
     }
+#endif
 
 
         // We now fixup the reporter specs to handle default output spec,