diff --git a/tests/reloc/dir2 b/tests/reloc/dir2
deleted file mode 120000
index df490f837a..0000000000
--- a/tests/reloc/dir2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-dir1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/test_relocate.py b/tests/test_relocate.py
index e3c7e59c86..8ef6fe3e30 100644
--- a/tests/test_relocate.py
+++ b/tests/test_relocate.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import json
+import os
+import shutil
 import sys
 from pathlib import Path
 
@@ -56,15 +58,18 @@ def test_for_conflict_file_names_nodocker(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
 
 
 def test_relocate_symlinks(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    shutil.copyfile(get_data("tests/reloc/test.cwl"), tmp_path)
+    shutil.copytree(get_data("tests/reloc/dir1"), tmp_path)
+    os.symlink(tmp_path / "dir1", tmp_path / "dir2")
     assert (
         main(
             [
                 "--debug",
                 "--outdir",
-                get_data("tests/reloc") + "/dir2",
-                get_data("tests/reloc/test.cwl"),
+                tmp_path / "/dir2",
+                tmp_path / "test.cwl",
                 "--inp",
-                get_data("tests/reloc") + "/dir2",
+                tmp_path / "/dir2",
             ]
         )
         == 0