diff --git a/.github/workflows/bld.yml b/.github/workflows/bld.yml
index cfed82f..58ed9da 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bld.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bld.yml
@@ -1,13 +1,43 @@
 name: bld-ci
 
-on: [ push, pull_request, workflow_dispatch ]
+on: [push, pull_request, workflow_dispatch]
 
 jobs:
   build-bld-project:
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        java-version: [ 17, 21, 24 ]
-        kotlin-version: [ 1.9.25, 2.0.21, 2.1.20 ]
+        java-version: [17, 21, 24]
+        kotlin-version: [1.9.25, 2.0.21, 2.1.20]
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout source repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Set up JDK ${{ matrix.java-version }}
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        with:
+          distribution: "zulu"
+          java-version: ${{ matrix.java-version }}
+
+      - name: Download dependencies [examples]
+        working-directory: examples
+        run: ./bld download
+
+      - name: Download dependencies
+        run: ./bld download
+
+      - name: Run tests
+        run: ./bld compile test
+
+  build-bld-examples:
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        java-version: [17, 21, 24]
+        kotlin-version: [1.9.25, 2.0.21, 2.1.20]
         os: [ ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-latest ]
 
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
@@ -30,10 +60,4 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run tests [examples]
         working-directory: examples
-        run: ./bld compile test
-
-      - name: Download dependencies
-        run: ./bld download
-
-      - name: Run tests
         run: ./bld compile test
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diff --git a/src/bld/java/rife/bld/extension/CompileKotlinOperationBuild.java b/src/bld/java/rife/bld/extension/CompileKotlinOperationBuild.java
index d4830fd..a3adce1 100644
--- a/src/bld/java/rife/bld/extension/CompileKotlinOperationBuild.java
+++ b/src/bld/java/rife/bld/extension/CompileKotlinOperationBuild.java
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import rife.bld.publish.PublishLicense;
 import rife.bld.publish.PublishScm;
 
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Locale;
 
 import static rife.bld.dependencies.Repository.*;
 import static rife.bld.dependencies.Scope.compile;
@@ -98,13 +97,10 @@ public class CompileKotlinOperationBuild extends Project {
 
     @Override
     public void test() throws Exception {
-        var os = System.getProperty("os.name");
-        if (os != null && os.toLowerCase(Locale.US).contains("linux")) {
-            new ExecOperation()
-                    .fromProject(this)
-                    .command("scripts/cliargs.sh")
-                    .execute();
-        }
+        new ExecOperation()
+                .fromProject(this)
+                .command("scripts/cliargs.sh")
+                .execute();
         super.test();
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/rife/bld/extension/CompileKotlinOperation.java b/src/main/java/rife/bld/extension/CompileKotlinOperation.java
index 26437a8..0ee06d8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/rife/bld/extension/CompileKotlinOperation.java
+++ b/src/main/java/rife/bld/extension/CompileKotlinOperation.java
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public class CompileKotlinOperation extends AbstractOperation<CompileKotlinOpera
     private static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(CompileKotlinOperation.class.getName());
     private static final String OS_NAME =
             System.getProperty("os.name") != null ? System.getProperty("os.name").toLowerCase(Locale.US) : null;
-    private static final String KOTLINC_EXECUTABLE = "kotlinc" + (isWindows() && !isCygwin() && !isMinGW() ? ".bat" : "");
+    private static final String KOTLINC_EXECUTABLE = "kotlinc" + (isWindows() ? ".bat" : "");
     private final Collection<String> compileMainClasspath_ = new ArrayList<>();
     private final Collection<String> compileTestClasspath_ = new ArrayList<>();
     private final JvmOptions jvmOptions_ = new JvmOptions();
@@ -191,17 +191,6 @@ public class CompileKotlinOperation extends AbstractOperation<CompileKotlinOpera
         return KOTLINC_EXECUTABLE;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Determines if the current runtime environment is Cygwin.
-     *
-     * @return {@code true} if the current runtime environment is Cygwin, {@code false} otherwise.
-     * @since 1.1.0
-     */
-    public static boolean isCygwin() {
-        var path = System.getenv("ORIGINAL_PATH");
-        return path != null && path.contains("/cygdrive/");
-    }
-
     private static boolean isExecutable(File file) {
         return file != null && file.exists() && file.isFile() && file.canExecute();
     }
@@ -223,18 +212,7 @@ public class CompileKotlinOperation extends AbstractOperation<CompileKotlinOpera
      * @since 1.1.0
      */
     public static boolean isMacOS() {
-        return OS_NAME != null && (OS_NAME.contains("mac") || OS_NAME.contains("darwin") || OS_NAME.contains("osx"));
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Determines if the current runtime environment is MinGW.
-     *
-     * @return {@code true} if the current runtime environment is MinGW, {@code false} otherwise.
-     * @since 1.1.0
-     */
-    public static boolean isMinGW() {
-        var msys = System.getenv("MSYSTEM");
-        return msys != null && (msys.startsWith("MINGW") || msys.startsWith("MSYS"));
+        return OS_NAME != null && (OS_NAME.contains("mac") || OS_NAME.contains("darwin"));
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/test/java/rife/bld/extension/kotlin/CompileOptionsTest.java b/src/test/java/rife/bld/extension/kotlin/CompileOptionsTest.java
index 83d29fc..02f9a59 100644
--- a/src/test/java/rife/bld/extension/kotlin/CompileOptionsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/rife/bld/extension/kotlin/CompileOptionsTest.java
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ package rife.bld.extension.kotlin;
 
 import org.assertj.core.api.AutoCloseableSoftAssertions;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.condition.EnabledOnOs;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.condition.OS;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -201,7 +199,6 @@ class CompileOptionsTest {
     }
 
     @Test
-    @EnabledOnOs(OS.LINUX)
     void testCheckAllParams() throws IOException {
         var args = Files.readAllLines(Paths.get("src", "test", "resources", "kotlinc-args.txt"));