diff --git a/numpy/core/tests/test_multiarray.py b/numpy/core/tests/test_multiarray.py
index 3aa2de10eda2..9f6023c07988 100644
--- a/numpy/core/tests/test_multiarray.py
+++ b/numpy/core/tests/test_multiarray.py
@@ -5497,10 +5497,12 @@ def test_binary(self, tmp_filename):
 
     @pytest.mark.slow  # takes > 1 minute on mechanical hard drive
     def test_big_binary(self):
-        """Test workarounds for 32-bit limited fwrite, fseek, and ftell
-        calls in windows. These normally would hang doing something like this.
-        See http://projects.scipy.org/numpy/ticket/1660"""
-        if sys.platform != 'win32':
+        """Test workarounds for 32-bit limit for MSVC fwrite, fseek, and ftell
+
+        These normally would hang doing something like this.
+        See : https://github.com/numpy/numpy/issues/2256
+        """
+        if sys.platform != 'win32' or '[GCC ' in sys.version:
             return
         try:
             # before workarounds, only up to 2**32-1 worked