diff --git a/tests/test_docs_examples.py b/tests/test_docs_examples.py
index f45e6eb..c6d5df8 100644
--- a/tests/test_docs_examples.py
+++ b/tests/test_docs_examples.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 Let's make sure them docs work yah?
 """
 from contextlib import contextmanager
+import itertools
 import os
 import sys
 import subprocess
@@ -42,9 +43,13 @@ def run_example_in_subproc(loglevel, testdir, arb_addr):
                 os.path.join(str(testdir), '__main__.py')
             )
 
-            # drop the ``if __name__ == '__main__'`` guard from the *NIX
-            # version of each script
-            script_code = '\n'.join(script_code.splitlines()[:-4])
+            # drop the ``if __name__ == '__main__'`` guard onwards from
+            # the *NIX version of each script
+            windows_script_lines = itertools.takewhile(
+                lambda line: "if __name__ ==" not in line,
+                script_code.splitlines()
+            )
+            script_code = '\n'.join(windows_script_lines)
             script_file = testdir.makefile('.py', script_code)
 
             # without this, tests hang on windows forever