diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/27_io/filesystem/iterators/recursive_directory_iterator.cc b/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/27_io/filesystem/iterators/recursive_directory_iterator.cc
index e67e2cf38f7..e2f3613a3d0 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/27_io/filesystem/iterators/recursive_directory_iterator.cc
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/27_io/filesystem/iterators/recursive_directory_iterator.cc
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ test05()
 void
 test06()
 {
-#if !(defined __MINGW32__ || defined __MINGW64__)
+#ifndef NO_SYMLINKS
   auto p = __gnu_test::nonexistent_path();
   create_directories(p/"d1/d2");
   create_directory_symlink("d1", p/"link");