diff --git a/kitty_tests/main.py b/kitty_tests/main.py
index afdeca092..2f10b2eb4 100644
--- a/kitty_tests/main.py
+++ b/kitty_tests/main.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 import time
 import unittest
 from collections.abc import Callable, Generator, Iterator, Sequence
-from contextlib import contextmanager, suppress
+from contextlib import contextmanager
 from functools import lru_cache
 from tempfile import TemporaryDirectory
 from threading import Thread
@@ -184,8 +184,7 @@ def run_go(packages: set[str], names: str) -> GoProc:
     for name in names:
         cmd.extend(('-run', name))
     cmd += go_pkg_args
-    with suppress(FileExistsError):
-        os.link('kitty_tests/GraphemeBreakTest.json', 'tools/wcswidth/GraphemeBreakTest.json')
+    shutil.copy2('kitty_tests/GraphemeBreakTest.json', 'tools/wcswidth/GraphemeBreakTest.json')
     return GoProc(cmd)