diff --git a/tests/functional/symlinks.sh b/tests/functional/symlinks.sh
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--- a/tests/functional/symlinks.sh
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-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-source common.sh
-
-# Check that when we have a derivation attribute that refers to a
-# symlink, we copy the symlink, not its target.
-# shellcheck disable=SC2016
-nix build --impure --no-link --expr '
-  with import ./config.nix;
-
-  mkDerivation {
-    name = "simple";
-    builder = builtins.toFile "builder.sh" "[[ -L \"$symlink\" ]]; mkdir $out";
-    symlink = ./lang/symlink-resolution/foo/overlays;
-  }
-'