diff --git a/ci/run-build-and-tests.sh b/ci/run-build-and-tests.sh
index 98dda42045d3f3..2df089e69d6b30 100755
--- a/ci/run-build-and-tests.sh
+++ b/ci/run-build-and-tests.sh
@@ -5,11 +5,6 @@
 
 . ${0%/*}/lib.sh
 
-case "$CI_OS_NAME" in
-windows*) cmd //c mklink //j t\\.prove "$(cygpath -aw "$cache_dir/.prove")";;
-*) ln -s "$cache_dir/.prove" t/.prove;;
-esac
-
 run_tests=t
 
 case "$jobname" in
diff --git a/ci/run-test-slice.sh b/ci/run-test-slice.sh
index e167e646f79e3d..0444c79c023c82 100755
--- a/ci/run-test-slice.sh
+++ b/ci/run-test-slice.sh
@@ -5,11 +5,6 @@
 
 . ${0%/*}/lib.sh
 
-case "$CI_OS_NAME" in
-windows*) cmd //c mklink //j t\\.prove "$(cygpath -aw "$cache_dir/.prove")";;
-*) ln -s "$cache_dir/.prove" t/.prove;;
-esac
-
 group "Run tests" make --quiet -C t T="$(cd t &&
 	./helper/test-tool path-utils slice-tests "$1" "$2" t[0-9]*.sh |
 	tr '\n' ' ')" ||