diff --git a/t/t0000-basic.sh b/t/t0000-basic.sh
index cefe33d6d1..0f1318056c 100755
--- a/t/t0000-basic.sh
+++ b/t/t0000-basic.sh
@@ -367,22 +367,6 @@ test_expect_success 'validate object ID of a known tree' '
 
 # Various types of objects
 
-# Some filesystems do not support symblic links; on such systems
-# some expected values are different
-if test_have_prereq SYMLINKS
-then
-	expectfilter=cat
-	expectedtree=087704a96baf1c2d1c869a8b084481e121c88b5b
-	expectedptree1=21ae8269cacbe57ae09138dcc3a2887f904d02b3
-	expectedptree2=3c5e5399f3a333eddecce7a9b9465b63f65f51e2
-else
-	expectfilter='grep -v sym'
-	expectedtree=8e18edf7d7edcf4371a3ac6ae5f07c2641db7c46
-	expectedptree1=cfb8591b2f65de8b8cc1020cd7d9e67e7793b325
-	expectedptree2=ce580448f0148b985a513b693fdf7d802cacb44f
-fi
-
-
 test_expect_success 'adding various types of objects with git update-index --add' '
 	mkdir path2 path3 path3/subp3 &&
 	paths="path0 path2/file2 path3/file3 path3/subp3/file3" &&
@@ -390,10 +374,7 @@ test_expect_success 'adding various types of objects with git update-index --add
 		for p in $paths
 		do
 			echo "hello $p" >$p || exit 1
-			if test_have_prereq SYMLINKS
-			then
-				ln -s "hello $p" ${p}sym || exit 1
-			fi
+			test_ln_s_add "hello $p" ${p}sym || exit 1
 		done
 	) &&
 	find path* ! -type d -print | xargs git update-index --add
@@ -405,7 +386,7 @@ test_expect_success 'showing stage with git ls-files --stage' '
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'validate git ls-files output for a known tree' '
-	$expectfilter >expected <<-\EOF &&
+	cat >expected <<-\EOF &&
 	100644 f87290f8eb2cbbea7857214459a0739927eab154 0	path0
 	120000 15a98433ae33114b085f3eb3bb03b832b3180a01 0	path0sym
 	100644 3feff949ed00a62d9f7af97c15cd8a30595e7ac7 0	path2/file2
@@ -423,14 +404,14 @@ test_expect_success 'writing tree out with git write-tree' '
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'validate object ID for a known tree' '
-	test "$tree" = "$expectedtree"
+	test "$tree" = 087704a96baf1c2d1c869a8b084481e121c88b5b
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'showing tree with git ls-tree' '
     git ls-tree $tree >current
 '
 
-test_expect_success SYMLINKS 'git ls-tree output for a known tree' '
+test_expect_success 'git ls-tree output for a known tree' '
 	cat >expected <<-\EOF &&
 	100644 blob f87290f8eb2cbbea7857214459a0739927eab154	path0
 	120000 blob 15a98433ae33114b085f3eb3bb03b832b3180a01	path0sym
@@ -447,7 +428,7 @@ test_expect_success 'showing tree with git ls-tree -r' '
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'git ls-tree -r output for a known tree' '
-	$expectfilter >expected <<-\EOF &&
+	cat >expected <<-\EOF &&
 	100644 blob f87290f8eb2cbbea7857214459a0739927eab154	path0
 	120000 blob 15a98433ae33114b085f3eb3bb03b832b3180a01	path0sym
 	100644 blob 3feff949ed00a62d9f7af97c15cd8a30595e7ac7	path2/file2
@@ -465,7 +446,7 @@ test_expect_success 'showing tree with git ls-tree -r -t' '
 	git ls-tree -r -t $tree >current
 '
 
-test_expect_success SYMLINKS 'git ls-tree -r output for a known tree' '
+test_expect_success 'git ls-tree -r output for a known tree' '
 	cat >expected <<-\EOF &&
 	100644 blob f87290f8eb2cbbea7857214459a0739927eab154	path0
 	120000 blob 15a98433ae33114b085f3eb3bb03b832b3180a01	path0sym
@@ -487,7 +468,7 @@ test_expect_success 'writing partial tree out with git write-tree --prefix' '
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'validate object ID for a known tree' '
-	test "$ptree" = "$expectedptree1"
+	test "$ptree" = 21ae8269cacbe57ae09138dcc3a2887f904d02b3
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'writing partial tree out with git write-tree --prefix' '
@@ -495,7 +476,7 @@ test_expect_success 'writing partial tree out with git write-tree --prefix' '
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'validate object ID for a known tree' '
-	test "$ptree" = "$expectedptree2"
+	test "$ptree" = 3c5e5399f3a333eddecce7a9b9465b63f65f51e2
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'put invalid objects into the index' '
@@ -529,7 +510,7 @@ test_expect_success 'git read-tree followed by write-tree should be idempotent'
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'validate git diff-files output for a know cache/work tree state' '
-	$expectfilter >expected <<\EOF &&
+	cat >expected <<\EOF &&
 :100644 100644 f87290f8eb2cbbea7857214459a0739927eab154 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 M	path0
 :120000 120000 15a98433ae33114b085f3eb3bb03b832b3180a01 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 M	path0sym
 :100644 100644 3feff949ed00a62d9f7af97c15cd8a30595e7ac7 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 M	path2/file2
@@ -553,7 +534,7 @@ test_expect_success 'no diff after checkout and git update-index --refresh' '
 '
 
 ################################################################
-P=$expectedtree
+P=087704a96baf1c2d1c869a8b084481e121c88b5b
 
 test_expect_success 'git commit-tree records the correct tree in a commit' '
 	commit0=$(echo NO | git commit-tree $P) &&