diff --git a/src/cmds/test.js b/src/cmds/test.js
index 7dbf96930..355667c1c 100644
--- a/src/cmds/test.js
+++ b/src/cmds/test.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import os from 'os'
 import kleur from 'kleur'
 import { loadUserConfig } from '../config/user.js'
 import testCmd from '../test/index.js'
@@ -112,9 +113,10 @@ export default {
    * @param {any} argv
    */
   async handler (argv) {
-    // temporarily disable code coverage on node 18
-    if (argv.cov && process.version.startsWith('v18.')) {
+    // temporarily disable code coverage on Windows
+    if (argv.cov && os.platform() === 'win32') {
       console.warn(kleur.red('!!! Temporarily disabling code coverage\n')) // eslint-disable-line no-console
+      console.warn(kleur.red('!!! See https://github.com/ipfs/aegir/issues/1206 for more information')) // eslint-disable-line no-console
       delete argv.cov
     }
 
diff --git a/src/test/node.js b/src/test/node.js
index d20306eb2..ece316a81 100644
--- a/src/test/node.js
+++ b/src/test/node.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import os from 'os'
 import path from 'path'
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'url'
 import { execa } from 'execa'
@@ -117,17 +116,9 @@ export default async function testNode (argv, execaOptions) {
           console.warn(kleur.red('!!! See https://github.com/ipfs/aegir/issues/1206 for more information')) // eslint-disable-line no-console
           killedWhileCollectingCoverage = true
 
-          if (os.platform() === 'win32') {
-            // SIGTERM/SIGKILL doesn't work reliably on windows
-            execa('taskkill', ['/F', '/pid', `${proc.pid}`])
-              .catch(err => {
-                console.error('Could not kill process with PID', proc.pid, err) // eslint-disable-line no-console
-              })
-          } else {
-            proc.kill('SIGTERM', {
-              forceKillAfterTimeout: 1000
-            })
-          }
+          proc.kill('SIGTERM', {
+            forceKillAfterTimeout: 1000
+          })
         }, argv.covTimeout).unref()
       }
     })