diff --git a/tests/test_cancellation.py b/tests/test_cancellation.py
index 6af078c..06aef92 100644
--- a/tests/test_cancellation.py
+++ b/tests/test_cancellation.py
@@ -331,16 +331,16 @@ async def test_nested_multierrors(loglevel, start_method):
 
                     # windows is often too slow and cancellation seems
                     # to happen before an actor is spawned
-                    if subexc is trio.Cancelled:
+                    if isinstance(subexc, trio.Cancelled):
                         continue
-
-                    # on windows it seems we can't exactly be sure wtf
-                    # will happen..
-                    assert subexc.type in (
-                        tractor.RemoteActorError,
-                        trio.Cancelled,
-                        trio.MultiError
-                    )
+                    else:
+                        # on windows it seems we can't exactly be sure wtf
+                        # will happen..
+                        assert subexc.type in (
+                            tractor.RemoteActorError,
+                            trio.Cancelled,
+                            trio.MultiError
+                        )
                 else:
                     assert isinstance(subexc, tractor.RemoteActorError)
 
diff --git a/tests/test_streaming.py b/tests/test_streaming.py
index f49cbf4..6d278b8 100644
--- a/tests/test_streaming.py
+++ b/tests/test_streaming.py
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ def time_quad_ex(arb_addr):
 
 def test_a_quadruple_example(time_quad_ex, travis, spawn_backend):
     """This also serves as a kind of "we'd like to be this fast test"."""
-    if travis and spawn_backend == 'mp' and not platform.system() == 'Windows':
+    if travis and spawn_backend == 'mp' and (platform.system() != 'Windows'):
         # no idea, but the travis, mp, linux runs are flaking out here often
         pytest.skip("Test is too flaky on mp in CI")
 
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ def test_not_fast_enough_quad(
     """Verify we can cancel midway through the quad example and all actors
     cancel gracefully.
     """
-    if travis and spawn_backend == 'mp' and not platform.system() == 'Windows':
+    if travis and spawn_backend == 'mp' and (platform.system() != 'Windows'):
         # no idea, but the travis, mp, linux runs are flaking out here often
         pytest.skip("Test is too flaky on mp in CI")