diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/DockerClientFactory.java b/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/DockerClientFactory.java
index 2cead2b8331..0e68cc87965 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/DockerClientFactory.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/DockerClientFactory.java
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public class DockerClientFactory {
                     new UnixSocketClientProviderStrategy(),
                     new ProxiedUnixSocketClientProviderStrategy(),
                     new DockerMachineClientProviderStrategy(),
-                    new NamedPipeSocketClientProviderStrategy());
+                    new WindowsClientProviderStrategy());
     private String activeApiVersion;
     private String activeExecutionDriver;
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/dockerclient/NamedPipeSocketClientProviderStrategy.java b/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/dockerclient/WindowsClientProviderStrategy.java
similarity index 79%
rename from core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/dockerclient/NamedPipeSocketClientProviderStrategy.java
rename to core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/dockerclient/WindowsClientProviderStrategy.java
index 85131d2944d..fe4eed817c3 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/dockerclient/NamedPipeSocketClientProviderStrategy.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/dockerclient/WindowsClientProviderStrategy.java
@@ -4,19 +4,13 @@
 import com.github.dockerjava.core.DockerClientConfig;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
-import java.io.File;
-
-public class NamedPipeSocketClientProviderStrategy extends DockerClientProviderStrategy {
+public class WindowsClientProviderStrategy extends DockerClientProviderStrategy {
 
     private static final int PING_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT = 5;
     private static final String PING_TIMEOUT_PROPERTY_NAME = "testcontainers.namedpipesocketprovider.timeout";
 
     @Override
     public void test() throws InvalidConfigurationException {
-        if (!new File("\\\\.\\pipe\\docker_engine").exists()) {
-            throw new InvalidConfigurationException("this strategy only works with Docker for Windows");
-        }
-
         config = tryConfiguration("tcp://localhost:2375");
     }