diff --git a/test/val/pragma-once-sample-2.h b/test/val/pragma-once-sample-2.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..86fdc2108
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/val/pragma-once-sample-2.h
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+/*
+** !!DESCRIPTION!! Simple #pragma once directive tests
+** !!ORIGIN!!      cc65 regression tests
+** !!LICENCE!!     Public Domain
+*/
+
+#include "pragma-once-sample.h";
+
diff --git a/test/val/pragma-once-sample-link.h b/test/val/pragma-once-sample-link.h
deleted file mode 120000
index d19d8c541..000000000
--- a/test/val/pragma-once-sample-link.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-pragma-once-sample.h
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/val/pragma-once-test.c b/test/val/pragma-once-test.c
index e85f19bbb..0816c7698 100644
--- a/test/val/pragma-once-test.c
+++ b/test/val/pragma-once-test.c
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
 ** !!LICENCE!!     Public Domain
 */
 
+#pragma once
 
+#include "pragma-once-sample-2.h"
+#include "pragma-once-sample-2.h"
 #include "pragma-once-sample.h"
 #include "pragma-once-sample.h"
-#include "pragma-once-sample-link.h"
-
-/* pragma-once-sample-link.h is a symlink to pragma-once-sample. */
 
 
 #include <stdio.h>