diff --git a/tests/SharpCompress.Test/SharpCompress.Test.csproj b/tests/SharpCompress.Test/SharpCompress.Test.csproj
index 2afb99380..916f67b67 100644
--- a/tests/SharpCompress.Test/SharpCompress.Test.csproj
+++ b/tests/SharpCompress.Test/SharpCompress.Test.csproj
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
   <PropertyGroup Condition="$([System.Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeInformation]::IsOSPlatform($([System.Runtime.InteropServices.OSPlatform]::Windows)))">
     <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);WINDOWS</DefineConstants>
   </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="$([System.Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeInformation]::IsOSPlatform($([System.Runtime.InteropServices.OSPlatform]::Linux)))">
+    <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);LINUX</DefineConstants>
+  </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\SharpCompress\SharpCompress.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/tests/SharpCompress.Test/Tar/TarReaderTests.cs b/tests/SharpCompress.Test/Tar/TarReaderTests.cs
index 88c30cfa9..c99776647 100644
--- a/tests/SharpCompress.Test/Tar/TarReaderTests.cs
+++ b/tests/SharpCompress.Test/Tar/TarReaderTests.cs
@@ -201,13 +201,10 @@ public void Tar_Corrupted()
         Assert.Throws<IncompleteArchiveException>(() => reader.MoveToNextEntry());
     }
 
-#if !NETFRAMEWORK
+#if LINUX
     [Fact]
     public void Tar_GZip_With_Symlink_Entries()
     {
-        var isWindows = System.Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(
-            System.Runtime.InteropServices.OSPlatform.Windows
-        );
         using Stream stream = File.OpenRead(
             Path.Combine(TEST_ARCHIVES_PATH, "TarWithSymlink.tar.gz")
         );
@@ -226,38 +223,32 @@ public void Tar_GZip_With_Symlink_Entries()
                     Overwrite = true,
                     WriteSymbolicLink = (sourcePath, targetPath) =>
                     {
-                        if (!isWindows)
+                        var link = new Mono.Unix.UnixSymbolicLinkInfo(sourcePath);
+                        if (File.Exists(sourcePath))
                         {
-                            var link = new Mono.Unix.UnixSymbolicLinkInfo(sourcePath);
-                            if (File.Exists(sourcePath))
-                            {
-                                link.Delete(); // equivalent to ln -s -f
-                            }
-                            link.CreateSymbolicLinkTo(targetPath);
+                            link.Delete(); // equivalent to ln -s -f
                         }
+                        link.CreateSymbolicLinkTo(targetPath);
                     },
                 }
             );
-            if (!isWindows)
+            if (reader.Entry.LinkTarget != null)
             {
-                if (reader.Entry.LinkTarget != null)
+                var path = Path.Combine(SCRATCH_FILES_PATH, reader.Entry.Key.NotNull());
+                var link = new Mono.Unix.UnixSymbolicLinkInfo(path);
+                if (link.HasContents)
                 {
-                    var path = Path.Combine(SCRATCH_FILES_PATH, reader.Entry.Key.NotNull());
-                    var link = new Mono.Unix.UnixSymbolicLinkInfo(path);
-                    if (link.HasContents)
-                    {
-                        // need to convert the link to an absolute path for comparison
-                        var target = reader.Entry.LinkTarget;
-                        var realTarget = Path.GetFullPath(
-                            Path.Combine($"{Path.GetDirectoryName(path)}", target)
-                        );
+                    // need to convert the link to an absolute path for comparison
+                    var target = reader.Entry.LinkTarget;
+                    var realTarget = Path.GetFullPath(
+                        Path.Combine($"{Path.GetDirectoryName(path)}", target)
+                    );
 
-                        Assert.Equal(realTarget, link.GetContents().ToString());
-                    }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        Assert.True(false, "Symlink has no target");
-                    }
+                    Assert.Equal(realTarget, link.GetContents().ToString());
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    Assert.True(false, "Symlink has no target");
                 }
             }
         }