diff --git a/libtransmission/torrent-files.cc b/libtransmission/torrent-files.cc
index 830f0d52d..6f5b76336 100644
--- a/libtransmission/torrent-files.cc
+++ b/libtransmission/torrent-files.cc
@@ -313,8 +313,12 @@ namespace
 // COM9, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6, LPT7, LPT8, and LPT9.
 // Also avoid these names followed immediately by an extension;
 // for example, NUL.txt is not recommended.
-[[nodiscard]] bool isReservedFile(std::string_view in) noexcept
+[[nodiscard]] bool isReservedFile([[maybe_unused]] std::string_view in) noexcept
 {
+#ifndef _WIN32
+    // Of course, on Unix-like platforms none of this applies.
+    return false;
+#else
     if (std::empty(in))
     {
         return false;
@@ -351,6 +355,7 @@ namespace
         std::begin(ReservedPrefixes),
         std::end(ReservedPrefixes),
         [in_upper_sv](auto const& prefix) { return tr_strv_starts_with(in_upper_sv, prefix); });
+#endif
 }
 
 // https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/FileIO/naming-a-file
@@ -359,6 +364,9 @@ namespace
 // except for the following:
 [[nodiscard]] auto constexpr isReservedChar(char ch) noexcept
 {
+#if !defined(_WIN32)
+    return ch == '/';
+#else
     switch (ch)
     {
     case '"':
@@ -374,6 +382,7 @@ namespace
     default:
         return false;
     }
+#endif
 }
 
 void appendSanitizedComponent(std::string_view in, tr_pathbuf& out)
diff --git a/tests/libtransmission/torrent-files-test.cc b/tests/libtransmission/torrent-files-test.cc
index 815a2ae33..0f8073004 100644
--- a/tests/libtransmission/torrent-files-test.cc
+++ b/tests/libtransmission/torrent-files-test.cc
@@ -153,14 +153,20 @@ TEST_F(TorrentFilesTest, isSubpathPortable)
         { " foo", false },
         { "foo ", false },
 
-        // reserved names
+    // reserved names and characters (platform-dependent)
+#ifdef _WIN32
         { "COM1", false },
         { "COM1.txt", false },
         { "Com1", false },
         { "com1", false },
-
-        // reserved characters
         { "hell:o.txt", false },
+#else
+        { "COM1", true },
+        { "COM1.txt", true },
+        { "Com1", true },
+        { "com1", true },
+        { "hell:o.txt", true },
+#endif
 
         // everything else
         { ".foo", true },