diff --git a/tests/QRCodeReaderImagickTest.php b/tests/QRCodeReaderImagickTest.php
index 070c29735..89b7d979d 100644
--- a/tests/QRCodeReaderImagickTest.php
+++ b/tests/QRCodeReaderImagickTest.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ namespace chillerlan\QRCodeTest;
 use chillerlan\QRCode\Decoder\IMagickLuminanceSource;
 use chillerlan\QRCode\QRCode;
 use function extension_loaded;
+use const PHP_OS_FAMILY;
 
 /**
  * Tests the Imagick based reader
@@ -34,8 +35,11 @@ final class QRCodeReaderImagickTest extends QRCodeReaderTestAbstract{
 
 	public function vectorQRCodeProvider():array{
 		return [
-			'SVG' => ['vector_sample.svg', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ', false],
-			'EPS' => ['vector_sample.eps', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ', false],
+			// SVG convert only works on windows (Warning: Option --export-png= is deprecated)
+			'SVG' => ['vector_sample.svg', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ'],
+			// fails on linux because of security policy: https://stackoverflow.com/a/59193253
+			// fails on windows with a FailedToExecuteCommand and file not found error
+#			'EPS' => ['vector_sample.eps', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ'],
 		];
 	}
 
@@ -43,6 +47,11 @@ final class QRCodeReaderImagickTest extends QRCodeReaderTestAbstract{
 	 * @dataProvider vectorQRCodeProvider
 	 */
 	public function testReadVectorFormats(string $img, string $expected):void{
+
+		if(PHP_OS_FAMILY === 'Linux'){
+			$this::markTestSkipped('avoid imagick conversion errors (ha ha)');
+		}
+
 		$this::assertSame($expected, (string)(new QRCode)
 			->readFromSource(IMagickLuminanceSource::fromFile(__DIR__.'/samples/'.$img, $this->options)));
 	}