diff --git a/pkg/archive/archive.go b/pkg/archive/archive.go
index ce465db754..be47f6576d 100644
--- a/pkg/archive/archive.go
+++ b/pkg/archive/archive.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"io/fs"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
-	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/ioutils"
@@ -429,18 +428,6 @@ func hasModeSocket(fi os.FileInfo) fs.FileMode {
 	return fi.Mode() & os.ModeSocket
 }
 
-func hasHardlinks(fi os.FileInfo) bool {
-	return fi.Sys().(*syscall.Stat_t).Nlink > 1
-}
-
-func getInodeFromStat(stat interface{}) (inode uint64, err error) {
-	s, ok := stat.(*syscall.Stat_t)
-	if ok {
-		inode = s.Ino
-	}
-	return
-}
-
 func writeRootHeader(tw TarWriter, basePath string, mode int64, uid int, gid int, normalizeModTime bool) error {
 	rootHeader := &tar.Header{
 		Typeflag: tar.TypeDir,
diff --git a/pkg/archive/archive_test.go b/pkg/archive/archive_test.go
index c41a9310a9..e144beb27b 100644
--- a/pkg/archive/archive_test.go
+++ b/pkg/archive/archive_test.go
@@ -445,6 +445,7 @@ func testArchive(t *testing.T, when spec.G, it spec.S) {
 
 		when("hard link files are present", func() {
 			it.Before(func() {
+				h.SkipIf(t, runtime.GOOS == "windows", "Skipping on windows")
 				src = filepath.Join("testdata", "dir-to-tar-with-hardlink")
 				// create a hard link
 				err := os.Link(filepath.Join(src, "original-file"), filepath.Join(src, "original-file-2"))
diff --git a/pkg/archive/archive_unix.go b/pkg/archive/archive_unix.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..766a4ca5d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/archive/archive_unix.go
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package archive
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"syscall"
+)
+
+func hasHardlinks(fi os.FileInfo) bool {
+	return fi.Sys().(*syscall.Stat_t).Nlink > 1
+}
+
+func getInodeFromStat(stat interface{}) (inode uint64, err error) {
+	s, ok := stat.(*syscall.Stat_t)
+	if ok {
+		inode = s.Ino
+	}
+	return
+}
diff --git a/pkg/archive/archive_windows.go b/pkg/archive/archive_windows.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..42c1b1f19b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/archive/archive_windows.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package archive
+
+import (
+	"os"
+)
+
+func hasHardlinks(fi os.FileInfo) bool {
+	return false
+}
+
+func getInodeFromStat(stat interface{}) (inode uint64, err error) {
+	return
+}
diff --git a/pkg/buildpack/buildpack_test.go b/pkg/buildpack/buildpack_test.go
index 082774398c..1de37c9c47 100644
--- a/pkg/buildpack/buildpack_test.go
+++ b/pkg/buildpack/buildpack_test.go
@@ -516,6 +516,7 @@ version = "1.2.3"
 			var bpRootFolder string
 
 			it.Before(func() {
+				h.SkipIf(t, runtime.GOOS == "windows", "Skipping on windows")
 				bpRootFolder = filepath.Join("testdata", "buildpack-with-hardlink")
 				// create a hard link
 				err := os.Link(filepath.Join(bpRootFolder, "original-file"), filepath.Join(bpRootFolder, "original-file-2"))