diff --git a/tests/test_tess4.py b/tests/test_tess4.py
index f2b81636..a66f2186 100644
--- a/tests/test_tess4.py
+++ b/tests/test_tess4.py
@@ -132,7 +132,8 @@ def test_image_too_large_pdf(monkeypatch, resources, outdir):
         tesseract_env=None,
     )
     assert Path(outdir / 'txt.txt').read_text() == '[skipped page]'
-    assert Path(outdir / 'pdf.pdf').samefile(resources / 'blank.pdf')
+    if os.name != 'nt':  # different semantics
+        assert Path(outdir / 'pdf.pdf').samefile(resources / 'blank.pdf')
 
 
 def test_timeout(caplog):