diff --git a/scripts/stage-bundled-plugin-runtime.mjs b/scripts/stage-bundled-plugin-runtime.mjs
index 4735549e160..f38f52aa6c5 100644
--- a/scripts/stage-bundled-plugin-runtime.mjs
+++ b/scripts/stage-bundled-plugin-runtime.mjs
@@ -7,32 +7,13 @@ function symlinkType() {
   return process.platform === "win32" ? "junction" : "dir";
 }
 
-function shouldFallbackToWindowsFileLink(error, type) {
-  return (
-    process.platform === "win32" &&
-    type !== symlinkType() &&
-    error &&
-    typeof error === "object" &&
-    "code" in error &&
-    (error.code === "EPERM" || error.code === "EACCES")
-  );
-}
-
 function relativeSymlinkTarget(sourcePath, targetPath) {
   const relativeTarget = path.relative(path.dirname(targetPath), sourcePath);
   return relativeTarget || ".";
 }
 
 function symlinkPath(sourcePath, targetPath, type) {
-  try {
-    fs.symlinkSync(relativeSymlinkTarget(sourcePath, targetPath), targetPath, type);
-  } catch (error) {
-    if (shouldFallbackToWindowsFileLink(error, type)) {
-      fs.linkSync(sourcePath, targetPath);
-      return;
-    }
-    throw error;
-  }
+  fs.symlinkSync(relativeSymlinkTarget(sourcePath, targetPath), targetPath, type);
 }
 
 function shouldWrapRuntimeJsFile(sourcePath) {