diff --git a/tests/src/unit-regression2.cpp b/tests/src/unit-regression2.cpp
index e034593ed..5eceaaf5e 100644
--- a/tests/src/unit-regression2.cpp
+++ b/tests/src/unit-regression2.cpp
@@ -793,8 +793,8 @@ TEST_CASE("regression tests 2")
         const auto j_path = j.get<nlohmann::detail::std_fs::path>();
         CHECK(j_path == text_path);
 
-#if !defined(_MSC_VER) && !(defined(__GNUC__) && __GNUC__ == 8 && __GNUC_MINOR__ < 4)
-        // works everywhere but on MSVC and GCC <8.4
+#if defined(__clang__) || ((defined(__GNUC__) && !defined(__INTEL_COMPILER)) && (__GNUC__ > 8 || (__GNUC__ == 8 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 4)))
+        // only known to work on Clang and GCC >=8.4
         CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(nlohmann::detail::std_fs::path(json(1)), "[json.exception.type_error.302] type must be string, but is number", json::type_error);
 #endif
     }