diff --git a/habitat/tests/test.pester.ps1 b/habitat/tests/test.pester.ps1
deleted file mode 100644
index 4ffdd762..00000000
--- a/habitat/tests/test.pester.ps1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-param(
-    [Parameter()]
-    [string]$PackageIdentifier = $(throw "Usage: test.ps1 [test_pkg_ident] e.g. test.ps1 ci/user-windows-default/1.0.0/20190812103929")
-)
-
-$PackageVersion = $PackageIdentifier.split('/')[2]
-
-Describe "chef-cli" {
-    Context "chef-cli" {
-        It "is an executable" {
-            hab pkg exec $PackageIdentifier chef-cli.bat --version
-            $? | Should be $true
-        }
-
-        <#
-          At some point hab's argument parsing changed and it started interpreting the trailing `--version` as being
-          an argument passed to hab instead of an argument to the command passed to `hab pkg exec`.
-
-          Powershell 5.1 and 7 appear to differ in how they treat following arguments as well, such that these two
-          versions of the command fail in powershell 5.1 (which is currently what is running in the windows machines
-          in Buildkite) but pass in powershell 7 (which is currently what is running in a stock Windows 10 VM).
-
-          $the_version = (hab pkg exec $PackageIdentifier chef-client.bat '--version' | Out-String).split(':')[1].Trim()
-          $the_version = (hab pkg exec $PackageIdentifier chef-client.bat --version | Out-String).split(':')[1].Trim()
-
-          This version of the command passes in powershell 5.1 but fails in powershell 7.
-        #>
-        It "is the expected version" {
-            $the_version = (hab pkg exec $PackageIdentifier chef-cli.bat -- --version | Out-String).split(':')[1].Trim()
-            $the_version | Should be $PackageVersion
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/habitat/tests/test.ps1 b/habitat/tests/test.ps1
index a0df7c70..31897373 100644
--- a/habitat/tests/test.ps1
+++ b/habitat/tests/test.ps1
@@ -11,9 +11,13 @@ if (-Not (Get-Module -ListAvailable -Name Pester)){
 
 Write-Host "--- :fire: Smokish Pestering"
 # Pester the Package
-$__dir=(Get-Item $PSScriptRoot)
-$test_result = Invoke-Pester -Strict -PassThru -Script @{
-    Path = "habitat/tests/test.pester.ps1";
-    Parameters = @{PackageIdentifier=$PackageIdentifier}
+$version=hab pkg exec "${pkg_ident}" chef-cli -v
+$actual_version=[Regex]::Match($version,"([0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+)").Value
+$package_version=$PackageIdentifier.split("/",4)[2]
+if ($package_version -eq $actual_version)
+{
+    Write "Chef-cli working fine"
 }
-if ($test_result.FailedCount -ne 0) { Exit $test_result.FailedCount }
+else {
+    Write-Error "chef-cli version not met expected $package_version actual version $actual_version "
+}
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