diff --git a/ext/spl/tests/bug68825.phpt b/ext/spl/tests/bug68825.phpt
index 2dbfc7cd1d5..7524a4c6d3c 100644
--- a/ext/spl/tests/bug68825.phpt
+++ b/ext/spl/tests/bug68825.phpt
@@ -3,12 +3,8 @@ Bug #68825 (Exception in DirectoryIterator::getLinkTarget())
 --SKIPIF--
 <?php
 if (PHP_OS_FAMILY === 'Windows') {
-    $fn = "bug68825.lnk";
-    $ret = exec("mklink $fn " . __FILE__ .' 2>&1', $out);
-    @unlink($fn);
-    if (strpos($ret, 'privilege')) {
-        die('skip. SeCreateSymbolicLinkPrivilege not enable for this user.');
-    }
+    include_once __DIR__ . '/../../standard/tests/file/windows_links/common.inc';
+    skipIfSeCreateSymbolicLinkPrivilegeIsDisabled(__FILE__);
 }
 ?>
 --FILE--
diff --git a/ext/standard/tests/file/bug47767.phpt b/ext/standard/tests/file/bug47767.phpt
index 37db3b18fc3..a7c4f02e78f 100644
--- a/ext/standard/tests/file/bug47767.phpt
+++ b/ext/standard/tests/file/bug47767.phpt
@@ -7,16 +7,8 @@ Venkat Raman Don
 if(substr(PHP_OS, 0, 3) != 'WIN' ) {
 		die('skip windows only test');
 }
-if(PHP_WINDOWS_VERSION_MAJOR < 6)  {
-        die('skip windows version 6.0+ only test');
-}
-
-$fn = "bug47767.lnk";
-$ret = exec("mklink $fn " . __FILE__ .' 2>&1', $out);
-@unlink($fn);
-if (strpos($ret, 'privilege')) {
-	die('skip. SeCreateSymbolicLinkPrivilege not enable for this user.');
-}
+include_once __DIR__ . '/windows_links/common.inc';
+skipIfSeCreateSymbolicLinkPrivilegeIsDisabled(__FILE__);
 ?>
 --FILE--
 <?php
diff --git a/ext/standard/tests/file/rename_variation6-win32.phpt b/ext/standard/tests/file/rename_variation6-win32.phpt
index 9129bd871e6..535e5e723af 100644
--- a/ext/standard/tests/file/rename_variation6-win32.phpt
+++ b/ext/standard/tests/file/rename_variation6-win32.phpt
@@ -3,13 +3,8 @@ Test rename() function: usage variations-6
 --SKIPIF--
 <?php
 if (substr(PHP_OS, 0, 3) != 'WIN') die('skip..  for Windows');
-if (!function_exists("symlink")) die("skip symlinks are not supported");
-$fn = "rename_variation6tmp.lnk";
-$ret = exec("mklink $fn " . __FILE__ .' 2>&1', $out);
-@unlink($fn);
-if (strpos($ret, 'privilege')) {
-	die('skip. SeCreateSymbolicLinkPrivilege not enable for this user.');
-}
+include_once __DIR__ . '/windows_links/common.inc';
+skipIfSeCreateSymbolicLinkPrivilegeIsDisabled(__FILE__);
 ?>
 --FILE--
 <?php
diff --git a/ext/standard/tests/file/windows_links/bug48746_2.phpt b/ext/standard/tests/file/windows_links/bug48746_2.phpt
index 5e34344a73c..5f3a016232f 100644
--- a/ext/standard/tests/file/windows_links/bug48746_2.phpt
+++ b/ext/standard/tests/file/windows_links/bug48746_2.phpt
@@ -8,11 +8,7 @@ if(substr(PHP_OS, 0, 3) != 'WIN' ) {
     die('skip windows only test');
 }
 include_once __DIR__ . '/common.inc';
-$ret = exec('mklink bug48746_tmp.lnk ' . __FILE__ .' 2>&1', $out);
-if (strpos($ret, 'privilege')) {
-	die('skip. SeCreateSymbolicLinkPrivilege not enable for this user.');
-}
-unlink('bug48746_tmp.lnk');
+skipIfSeCreateSymbolicLinkPrivilegeIsDisabled(__FILE__);
 ?>
 --FILE--
 <?php
diff --git a/ext/standard/tests/file/windows_links/bug73962.phpt b/ext/standard/tests/file/windows_links/bug73962.phpt
index 4f744548498..6aee5e1fa49 100644
--- a/ext/standard/tests/file/windows_links/bug73962.phpt
+++ b/ext/standard/tests/file/windows_links/bug73962.phpt
@@ -6,11 +6,7 @@ if(substr(PHP_OS, 0, 3) != 'WIN' ) {
     die('skip windows only test');
 }
 include_once __DIR__ . '/common.inc';
-$ret = exec('mklink bug73962_tmp.lnk ' . __FILE__ .' 2>&1', $out);
-if (strpos($ret, 'privilege')) {
-	die('skip. SeCreateSymbolicLinkPrivilege not enable for this user.');
-}
-unlink('bug73962_tmp.lnk');
+skipIfSeCreateSymbolicLinkPrivilegeIsDisabled(__FILE__);
 ?>
 --FILE--
 <?php
diff --git a/ext/standard/tests/file/windows_links/common.inc b/ext/standard/tests/file/windows_links/common.inc
index 4d4409e9d86..b4a09e00c22 100644
--- a/ext/standard/tests/file/windows_links/common.inc
+++ b/ext/standard/tests/file/windows_links/common.inc
@@ -20,4 +20,11 @@ function get_mountvol() {
     return "$sysroot\\System32\\mountvol.exe";
 }
 
-?>
+function skipIfSeCreateSymbolicLinkPrivilegeIsDisabled(string $filename) {
+	$ln = "$filename.lnk";
+	$ret = exec("mklink $ln " . __FILE__ .' 2>&1', $out);
+	@unlink($ln);
+	if (strpos($ret, 'privilege') !== false) {
+		die('skip SeCreateSymbolicLinkPrivilege not enabled');
+	}
+}