diff --git a/pkgs/test/nixpkgs-check-by-name/tests/multiple-failures/expected b/pkgs/test/nixpkgs-check-by-name/tests/multiple-failures/expected
index 0cfd3c185a86..ff5d18556ef0 100644
--- a/pkgs/test/nixpkgs-check-by-name/tests/multiple-failures/expected
+++ b/pkgs/test/nixpkgs-check-by-name/tests/multiple-failures/expected
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 pkgs/by-name/A: Invalid directory name "A", must be at most 2 ASCII characters consisting of a-z, 0-9, "-" or "_".
 pkgs/by-name/A/fo@: Invalid package directory name "fo@", must be ASCII characters consisting of a-z, A-Z, 0-9, "-" or "_".
-pkgs/by-name/A/fo@: Path foo.nix is a symlink which cannot be resolved: No such file or directory (os error 2).
+pkgs/by-name/A/fo@: Path foo is a symlink which cannot be resolved: No such file or directory (os error 2).
 pkgs/by-name/A/fo@: Path package.nix is a symlink pointing to a path outside the directory of that package.
 pkgs/by-name/aa: This is a file, but it should be a directory.
 pkgs/by-name/ba/bar: This path is a file, but it should be a directory.
diff --git a/pkgs/test/nixpkgs-check-by-name/tests/multiple-failures/pkgs/by-name/A/fo@/foo b/pkgs/test/nixpkgs-check-by-name/tests/multiple-failures/pkgs/by-name/A/fo@/foo
new file mode 120000
index 000000000000..c86c3f3551ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/test/nixpkgs-check-by-name/tests/multiple-failures/pkgs/by-name/A/fo@/foo
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+none
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/test/nixpkgs-check-by-name/tests/multiple-failures/pkgs/by-name/A/fo@/foo.nix b/pkgs/test/nixpkgs-check-by-name/tests/multiple-failures/pkgs/by-name/A/fo@/foo.nix
deleted file mode 120000
index 5b25acea3f25..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/test/nixpkgs-check-by-name/tests/multiple-failures/pkgs/by-name/A/fo@/foo.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../../../../foo.nix
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/test/nixpkgs-check-by-name/tests/symlink-invalid/expected b/pkgs/test/nixpkgs-check-by-name/tests/symlink-invalid/expected
index f622f3e7fd6d..c1e7a28205a7 100644
--- a/pkgs/test/nixpkgs-check-by-name/tests/symlink-invalid/expected
+++ b/pkgs/test/nixpkgs-check-by-name/tests/symlink-invalid/expected
@@ -1 +1 @@
-pkgs/by-name/fo/foo: Path foo.nix is a symlink which cannot be resolved: No such file or directory (os error 2).
+pkgs/by-name/fo/foo: Path foo is a symlink which cannot be resolved: No such file or directory (os error 2).
diff --git a/pkgs/test/nixpkgs-check-by-name/tests/symlink-invalid/pkgs/by-name/fo/foo/foo b/pkgs/test/nixpkgs-check-by-name/tests/symlink-invalid/pkgs/by-name/fo/foo/foo
new file mode 120000
index 000000000000..c86c3f3551ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/test/nixpkgs-check-by-name/tests/symlink-invalid/pkgs/by-name/fo/foo/foo
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+none
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/test/nixpkgs-check-by-name/tests/symlink-invalid/pkgs/by-name/fo/foo/foo.nix b/pkgs/test/nixpkgs-check-by-name/tests/symlink-invalid/pkgs/by-name/fo/foo/foo.nix
deleted file mode 120000
index 49cd425a8cdb..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/test/nixpkgs-check-by-name/tests/symlink-invalid/pkgs/by-name/fo/foo/foo.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-none.nix
\ No newline at end of file