diff --git a/pkg/osutil/osutil.go b/pkg/osutil/osutil.go
index 340c51de..cd6a1cce 100644
--- a/pkg/osutil/osutil.go
+++ b/pkg/osutil/osutil.go
@@ -235,21 +235,6 @@ func LinkFiles(srcDir, dstDir string, files map[string]bool) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// LinkDir creates soft links from dstDir to srcDir.
-// All other files in dstDir are removed.
-func LinkDir(srcDir, dstDir string) error {
-	if err := os.RemoveAll(dstDir); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := MkdirAll(dstDir); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := os.Symlink(srcDir, dstDir); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
 func MkdirAll(dir string) error {
 	return os.MkdirAll(dir, DefaultDirPerm)
 }
diff --git a/syz-ci/manager.go b/syz-ci/manager.go
index f5885787..99a2ec44 100644
--- a/syz-ci/manager.go
+++ b/syz-ci/manager.go
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ type Manager struct {
 	stop       chan struct{}
 }
 
-func createManager(cfg *Config, mgrcfg *ManagerConfig, stop chan struct{}, syzLinuxTestDir string) (*Manager, error) {
+func createManager(cfg *Config, mgrcfg *ManagerConfig, stop chan struct{}) (*Manager, error) {
 	dir := osutil.Abs(filepath.Join("managers", mgrcfg.Name))
 	if err := osutil.MkdirAll(dir); err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
@@ -127,11 +127,6 @@ func createManager(cfg *Config, mgrcfg *ManagerConfig, stop chan struct{}, syzLi
 		stop:       stop,
 	}
 
-	// Copy test files into the current manager workdir.
-	if err := osutil.LinkDir(syzLinuxTestDir, filepath.Join(dir, "workdir", "seeds")); err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
 	os.RemoveAll(mgr.currentDir)
 	return mgr, nil
 }
diff --git a/syz-ci/syz-ci.go b/syz-ci/syz-ci.go
index 7b401937..faa51f4f 100644
--- a/syz-ci/syz-ci.go
+++ b/syz-ci/syz-ci.go
@@ -170,10 +170,9 @@ func main() {
 		wg.Done()
 	}()
 
-	syzLinuxTestDir := filepath.Join(updater.syzkallerDir, "sys", "linux", "test")
 	var managers []*Manager
 	for _, mgrcfg := range cfg.Managers {
-		mgr, err := createManager(cfg, mgrcfg, stop, syzLinuxTestDir)
+		mgr, err := createManager(cfg, mgrcfg, stop)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Logf(0, "failed to create manager %v: %v", mgrcfg.Name, err)
 			continue
diff --git a/syz-ci/updater.go b/syz-ci/updater.go
index 7ffe33ef..dd89f8d5 100644
--- a/syz-ci/updater.go
+++ b/syz-ci/updater.go
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ func NewSyzUpdater(cfg *Config) *SyzUpdater {
 		"tag":             true, // contains syzkaller repo git hash
 		"bin/syz-ci":      true, // these are just copied from syzkaller dir
 		"bin/syz-manager": true,
+		"sys/*/test/*":    true,
 	}
 	targets := make(map[string]bool)
 	for _, mgr := range cfg.Managers {