diff --git a/tests/arrays/arrays.cpp b/tests/arrays/arrays.cpp
index bca37379db..3df8126846 100644
--- a/tests/arrays/arrays.cpp
+++ b/tests/arrays/arrays.cpp
@@ -608,7 +608,12 @@ void DoTestSwap(T v1, T v2, T v3,
 void ArraysTestCase::Swap()
 {
     DoTestSwap("Foo", "Bar", "Baz", (wxArrayString *)NULL);
+
+    // VC6 can't compile this call with mysterious error about in DoTestSwap()
+#ifndef __VISUALC6__
     DoTestSwap(1, 10, 100, (wxArrayInt *)NULL);
+#endif
+
     DoTestSwap(6, 28, 496, (wxArrayLong *)NULL);
 }