diff --git a/numpy/core/tests/test_umath.py b/numpy/core/tests/test_umath.py
index fc7c592f05f6..c0b26e75b2c8 100644
--- a/numpy/core/tests/test_umath.py
+++ b/numpy/core/tests/test_umath.py
@@ -3433,7 +3433,7 @@ def check(x, rtol):
         x_series = np.logspace(-20, -3.001, 200)
         x_basic = np.logspace(-2.999, 0, 10, endpoint=False)
 
-        if glibc_older_than("2.19") and dtype is np.longcomplex:
+        if dtype is np.longcomplex:
             if (platform.machine() == 'aarch64' and bad_arcsinh()):
                 pytest.skip("Trig functions of np.longcomplex values known "
                             "to be inaccurate on aarch64 for some compilation "