diff --git a/Tools/scripts/cygwin_build.sh b/Tools/scripts/cygwin_build.sh
index b64892026964a..2a2358740f41e 100755
--- a/Tools/scripts/cygwin_build.sh
+++ b/Tools/scripts/cygwin_build.sh
@@ -33,20 +33,13 @@ WAF_OPTIONS="-j8"
     python ./waf sub $WAF_OPTIONS 2>&1
 ) | tee artifacts/build.txt
 
-# copy both with exe and without to cope with differences
-# between windows versions in CI
+# artifacts are expected to have .exe as they are executable
 cp -v build/sitl/bin/arduplane artifacts/ArduPlane.elf.exe
 cp -v build/sitl/bin/arducopter artifacts/ArduCopter.elf.exe
 cp -v build/sitl/bin/arducopter-heli artifacts/ArduHeli.elf.exe
 cp -v build/sitl/bin/ardurover artifacts/ArduRover.elf.exe
 cp -v build/sitl/bin/ardusub artifacts/ArduSub.elf.exe
 
-cp -v build/sitl/bin/arduplane artifacts/ArduPlane.elf
-cp -v build/sitl/bin/arducopter artifacts/ArduCopter.elf
-cp -v build/sitl/bin/arducopter-heli artifacts/ArduHeli.elf
-cp -v build/sitl/bin/ardurover artifacts/ArduRover.elf
-cp -v build/sitl/bin/ardusub artifacts/ArduSub.elf
-
 # Find all cyg*.dll files returned by cygcheck for each exe in artifacts
 # and copy them over
 for exe in artifacts/*.exe; do