--- a/tests/test-mq-qnew.t	Thu May 08 19:45:22 2014 +0200
+++ b/tests/test-mq-qnew.t	Thu May 08 11:11:27 2014 -0500
@@ -302,6 +302,8 @@
   > pretxncommit.unexpectedabort =
   > EOF
 
+#if unix-permissions
+
 Test handling default message with the patch filename with tail whitespaces
 
   $ cat > $TESTTMP/editor.sh << EOF
@@ -321,3 +323,5 @@
   # Parent 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
 
   $ cd ..
+
+#endif