diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6a1abada99..6cd77545f3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2604,9 +2604,6 @@ ifdef GIT_INTEROP_MAKE_OPTS
 endif
 ifdef TEST_GIT_INDEX_VERSION
 	@echo TEST_GIT_INDEX_VERSION=\''$(subst ','\'',$(subst ','\'',$(TEST_GIT_INDEX_VERSION)))'\' >>$@+
-endif
-ifdef MSVC_DEPS
-	@echo MSVC_DEPS=\''$(subst ','\'',$(subst ','\'',$(MSVC_DEPS)))'\' >>$@+
 endif
 	@if cmp $@+ $@ >/dev/null 2>&1; then $(RM) $@+; else mv $@+ $@; fi
 
diff --git a/t/test-lib.sh b/t/test-lib.sh
index bac9221a7b..cfdcbb847e 100644
--- a/t/test-lib.sh
+++ b/t/test-lib.sh
@@ -66,9 +66,6 @@ fi
 . "$GIT_BUILD_DIR"/GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS
 export PERL_PATH SHELL_PATH
 
-test -z "$MSVC_DEPS" ||
-PATH="$GIT_BUILD_DIR/$MSVC_DEPS/bin$PATH_SEP$PATH"
-
 ################################################################
 # It appears that people try to run tests without building...
 test -n "$GIT_TEST_INSTALLED" || "$GIT_BUILD_DIR/git$X" >/dev/null ||