diff --git a/test/copy/ncp/broken-symlink.test.js b/test/copy/ncp/broken-symlink.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a156eb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/copy/ncp/broken-symlink.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+var assert = require('assert')
+var fs = require('fs')
+var path = require('path')
+var os = require('os')
+var fse = require(process.cwd())
+var ncp = require('../../../lib/_copy').ncp
+
+/* global afterEach, beforeEach, describe, it */
+
+describe('ncp broken symlink', function () {
+  var TEST_DIR = path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'fs-extra', 'ncp-broken-symlinks')
+  var src = path.join(TEST_DIR, 'src')
+  var out = path.join(TEST_DIR, 'out')
+
+  beforeEach(function (done) {
+    fse.emptyDir(TEST_DIR, function (err) {
+      assert.ifError(err)
+      createFixtures(src, done)
+    })
+  })
+
+  afterEach(function (done) {
+    fse.remove(TEST_DIR, done)
+  })
+
+  it('copies broken symlinks by default', function (cb) {
+    ncp(src, out, function (err) {
+      if (err) return cb(err)
+      assert.equal(fs.readlinkSync(path.join(out, 'broken-symlink')), path.join(src, 'does-not-exist'))
+      cb()
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('returns an error when dereference=true', function (cb) {
+    ncp(src, out, {dereference: true}, function (err) {
+      assert.equal(err.length, 1)
+      assert.equal(err[0].code, 'ENOENT')
+      cb()
+    })
+  })
+})
+
+function createFixtures (srcDir, callback) {
+  fs.mkdir(srcDir, function (err) {
+    if (err) return callback(err)
+
+    try {
+      var brokenFile = path.join(srcDir, 'does-not-exist')
+      var brokenFileLink = path.join(srcDir, 'broken-symlink')
+      fs.writeFileSync(brokenFile, 'does not matter')
+      fs.symlinkSync(brokenFile, brokenFileLink, 'file')
+    } catch (err) {
+      callback(err)
+    }
+
+    // break the symlink now
+    fse.remove(brokenFile, callback)
+  })
+}
diff --git a/test/copy/ncp/fixtures/broken-symlink-fixtures/src/broken-symlink b/test/copy/ncp/fixtures/broken-symlink-fixtures/src/broken-symlink
deleted file mode 120000
index cfa0a46..0000000
--- a/test/copy/ncp/fixtures/broken-symlink-fixtures/src/broken-symlink
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-does-not-exist
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/copy/ncp/ncp.test.js b/test/copy/ncp/ncp.test.js
index efc0adb..2994b78 100644
--- a/test/copy/ncp/ncp.test.js
+++ b/test/copy/ncp/ncp.test.js
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 var assert = require('assert')
-var fs = require('fs')
+// var fs = require('fs')
 var path = require('path')
 var rimraf = require('rimraf')
 var readDirFiles = require('read-dir-files').read // temporary, will remove
 var ncp = require('../../../lib/_copy').ncp
 
-/* global before, beforeEach, describe, it */
+/* global before, describe, it */
 
 var fixturesDir = path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures')
 
@@ -90,32 +90,6 @@ describe('ncp', function () {
     })
   })
 
-  describe('broken symlink handling', function () {
-    var fixtures = path.join(fixturesDir, 'broken-symlink-fixtures'),
-      src = path.join(fixtures, 'src'),
-      out = path.join(fixtures, 'out')
-
-    beforeEach(function (cb) {
-      rimraf(out, cb)
-    })
-
-    it('copies broken symlinks by default', function (cb) {
-      ncp(src, out, function (err) {
-        if (err) return cb(err)
-        assert.equal(fs.readlinkSync(path.join(out, 'broken-symlink')), 'does-not-exist')
-        cb()
-      })
-    })
-
-    it('returns an error when dereference=true', function (cb) {
-      ncp(src, out, {dereference: true}, function (err) {
-        assert.equal(err.length, 1)
-        assert.equal(err[0].code, 'ENOENT')
-        cb()
-      })
-    })
-  })
-
   // see https://github.com/AvianFlu/ncp/issues/71
   describe('Issue 71: Odd Async Behaviors', function (cb) {
     var fixtures = path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'regular-fixtures')