diff --git a/library/core/src/iter/adapters/map_windows.rs b/library/core/src/iter/adapters/map_windows.rs
index 5f39b24583427..905d8c0aae842 100644
--- a/library/core/src/iter/adapters/map_windows.rs
+++ b/library/core/src/iter/adapters/map_windows.rs
@@ -49,9 +49,12 @@ struct Buffer<T, const N: usize> {
 }
 
 impl<I: Iterator, F, const N: usize> MapWindows<I, F, N> {
-    pub(in crate::iter) fn new(iter: I, f: F) -> Self {
+    const N_NOT_ZERO: () =
         assert!(N != 0, "array in `Iterator::map_windows` must contain more than 0 elements");
 
+    pub(in crate::iter) fn new(iter: I, f: F) -> Self {
+        let _ = Self::N_NOT_ZERO;
+
         // Only ZST arrays' length can be so large.
         if mem::size_of::<I::Item>() == 0 {
             assert!(
diff --git a/library/core/src/iter/traits/iterator.rs b/library/core/src/iter/traits/iterator.rs
index 20dd95a3a4623..48cdfffcb55ae 100644
--- a/library/core/src/iter/traits/iterator.rs
+++ b/library/core/src/iter/traits/iterator.rs
@@ -1609,17 +1609,20 @@ pub trait Iterator {
     /// [`slice::windows()`]: slice::windows
     /// [`FusedIterator`]: crate::iter::FusedIterator
     ///
-    /// # Panics
-    ///
-    /// Panics if `N` is 0. This check will most probably get changed to a
-    /// compile time error before this method gets stabilized.
+    /// If `N` is 0, then the code will not compile.
     ///
-    /// ```should_panic
+    /// ```compile_fail
     /// #![feature(iter_map_windows)]
     ///
     /// let iter = std::iter::repeat(0).map_windows(|&[]| ());
     /// ```
     ///
+    /// ```compile_fail
+    /// #![feature(iter_map_windows)]
+    ///
+    /// let iter = std::iter::repeat(0).map_windows(|_: &[_; 0]| ());
+    /// ```
+    ///
     /// # Examples
     ///
     /// Building the sums of neighboring numbers.
diff --git a/library/core/tests/iter/adapters/map_windows.rs b/library/core/tests/iter/adapters/map_windows.rs
index 7fb2408f8acb7..56841871a88c4 100644
--- a/library/core/tests/iter/adapters/map_windows.rs
+++ b/library/core/tests/iter/adapters/map_windows.rs
@@ -167,12 +167,6 @@ fn test_case_from_pr_82413_comment() {
     for () in std::iter::repeat("0".to_owned()).map_windows(|_: &[_; 3]| {}).take(4) {}
 }
 
-#[test]
-#[should_panic = "array in `Iterator::map_windows` must contain more than 0 elements"]
-fn check_zero_window() {
-    let _ = std::iter::repeat(0).map_windows(|_: &[_; 0]| ());
-}
-
 #[test]
 fn test_zero_sized_type() {
     #[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]