diff --git a/src/python/corrade/containers.cpp b/src/python/corrade/containers.cpp
index 0048184..83b1f62 100644
--- a/src/python/corrade/containers.cpp
+++ b/src/python/corrade/containers.cpp
@@ -114,8 +114,9 @@ template<class T> void arrayView(py::class_<PyArrayView<T>>& c) {
 
             Containers::ScopeGuard e{&buffer, PyBuffer_Release};
 
-            if(buffer.ndim != 1)
-                throw py::buffer_error{Utility::formatString("expected one dimension but got {}", buffer.ndim)};
+            /* I would test for dimensions here but np.array() sometimes gives
+               0 for an one-dimensional array so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ */
+
             if(buffer.strides && buffer.strides[0] != buffer.itemsize)
                 throw py::buffer_error{Utility::formatString("expected stride of {} but got {}", buffer.itemsize, buffer.strides[0])};
 
diff --git a/src/python/corrade/test/test_containers.py b/src/python/corrade/test/test_containers.py
index ee5697b..843167a 100644
--- a/src/python/corrade/test/test_containers.py
+++ b/src/python/corrade/test/test_containers.py
@@ -87,13 +87,6 @@ class ArrayView(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertIs(b.obj, a)
         self.assertEqual(len(b), 3*4)
 
-    @unittest.skip("there doesn't seem to be a way to make memoryview give back N-dimensional array that can't be represented as linear memory")
-    def test_init_buffer_unexpected_dimensions(self):
-        a = memoryview(b'123456').cast('b', shape=[2, 3])
-        self.assertEqual(bytes(a), b'123456')
-        with self.assertRaisesRegex(BufferError, "but what"):
-            b = containers.ArrayView(a)
-
     def test_init_buffer_unexpected_stride(self):
         a = memoryview(b'hello')[::2]
         self.assertEqual(bytes(a), b'hlo')