diff --git a/compliance_checker/tests/test_cli.py b/compliance_checker/tests/test_cli.py
index f71dd68a..61e74cdb 100644
--- a/compliance_checker/tests/test_cli.py
+++ b/compliance_checker/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -219,9 +219,9 @@ def test_multi_checker_return_value(self, tmp_txt_file):
         assert not return_value
 
     def _check_libnetcdf_version():
-        try:
-            print("trying")
-            v = (
+        if platform.system() == "Linux":
+            # nc-config doesn't work on windows... and neither does NCZarr so this skipif is mutually exclusive to the OS check skipif
+            return (
                 float(
                     subprocess.check_output(
                         ["nc-config", "--version"], encoding="UTF-8"
@@ -229,10 +229,7 @@ def _check_libnetcdf_version():
                 )
                 < 8.0
             )
-            print(v)
-            return v
-        except FileNotFoundError as e:
-            print(f"WARNING: {e}\nSkipping NCZarr tests")
+        else:
             return True
 
     # TODO uncomment the third parameter once S3 support is working