diff --git a/abi-test-suite/runtest.sh b/abi-test-suite/runtest.sh
index 1e3dff0..666bad1 100755
--- a/abi-test-suite/runtest.sh
+++ b/abi-test-suite/runtest.sh
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ fi
 set -xe
 
 cd $(mktemp -d)
-cp -r $testsuite_dir/ABI-Testsuite .
+#using hard links is easier on the fs
+cp -al $testsuite_dir/ABI-Testsuite .
 cd ABI-Testsuite
 python3 linux-x86.py $compiler test -v $thread_args
diff --git a/test-suite/runtest.sh b/test-suite/runtest.sh
index fe6ce4b..8195f1d 100755
--- a/test-suite/runtest.sh
+++ b/test-suite/runtest.sh
@@ -65,3 +65,5 @@ cmake -G Ninja $testsuite_dir \
     -DTEST_SUITE_LIT_FLAGS="-sv$thread_args_lit"
 
 ninja $thread_args_ninja check
+
+rm -rf *