diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/dviread.py b/lib/matplotlib/dviread.py
index c00d05de0723..b2177e5087bc 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/dviread.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/dviread.py
@@ -1086,7 +1086,7 @@ def find_tex_file(filename):
     if lk:
         path = lk.search(filename)
     else:
-        if os.name == 'nt':
+        if sys.platform == 'win32':
             # On Windows only, kpathsea can use utf-8 for cmd args and output.
             # The `command_line_encoding` environment variable is set to force
             # it to always use utf-8 encoding.  See Matplotlib issue #11848.
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_animation.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_animation.py
index 750b9b32dd24..a4de96d77b62 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_animation.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_animation.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 import platform
 import re
+import shutil
 import subprocess
 import sys
 import weakref
@@ -318,7 +319,7 @@ def test_cleanup_temporaries(method_name, tmpdir, anim):
         assert list(Path(str(tmpdir)).iterdir()) == []
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skipif(os.name != "posix", reason="requires a POSIX OS")
+@pytest.mark.skipif(shutil.which("/bin/sh") is None, reason="requires a POSIX OS")
 def test_failing_ffmpeg(tmpdir, monkeypatch, anim):
     """
     Test that we correctly raise a CalledProcessError when ffmpeg fails.
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_backend_webagg.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_backend_webagg.py
index 992827863b01..237a279c6352 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_backend_webagg.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_backend_webagg.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ def test_webagg_fallback(backend):
     if backend == "nbagg":
         pytest.importorskip("IPython")
     env = dict(os.environ)
-    if os.name != "nt":
+    if sys.platform != "win32":
         env["DISPLAY"] = ""
 
     env["MPLBACKEND"] = backend
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_backends_interactive.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_backends_interactive.py
index b5f4db4efde6..4e088bd3fa1b 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_backends_interactive.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_backends_interactive.py
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ def test_cross_Qt_imports():
 
 @pytest.mark.skipif('TF_BUILD' in os.environ,
                     reason="this test fails an azure for unknown reasons")
-@pytest.mark.skipif(os.name == "nt", reason="Cannot send SIGINT on Windows.")
+@pytest.mark.skipif(sys.platform == "win32", reason="Cannot send SIGINT on Windows.")
 def test_webagg():
     pytest.importorskip("tornado")
     proc = subprocess.Popen(
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_matplotlib.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_matplotlib.py
index f30d678a52f0..ac1c3455c3d9 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_matplotlib.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_matplotlib.py
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ def test_parse_to_version_info(version_str, version_tuple):
     assert matplotlib._parse_to_version_info(version_str) == version_tuple
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skipif(
-    os.name == "nt", reason="chmod() doesn't work as is on Windows")
-@pytest.mark.skipif(os.name != "nt" and os.geteuid() == 0,
+@pytest.mark.skipif(sys.platform == "win32",
+                    reason="chmod() doesn't work as is on Windows")
+@pytest.mark.skipif(sys.platform != "win32" and os.geteuid() == 0,
                     reason="chmod() doesn't work as root")
 def test_tmpconfigdir_warning(tmpdir):
     """Test that a warning is emitted if a temporary configdir must be used."""