diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f0072fec9c91e..243decad42cfd 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
 *.jl.*.mem
 *.ji
 
+!busybox.exe
+
 /perf*
 .DS_Store
 .idea/*
diff --git a/test/deps/busybox.exe b/test/deps/busybox.exe
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f1e96c888de35
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/deps/busybox.exe differ
diff --git a/test/spawn.jl b/test/spawn.jl
index 3fdfa794ff39e..6864f54181cb8 100644
--- a/test/spawn.jl
+++ b/test/spawn.jl
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 ###################################
 
 using Random, Sockets
-using Downloads: Downloads, download
 
 valgrind_off = ccall(:jl_running_on_valgrind, Cint, ()) == 0
 
@@ -21,50 +20,20 @@ sleepcmd = `sleep`
 lscmd = `ls`
 havebb = false
 
-function _tryonce_download_from_cache(desired_url::AbstractString)
-    cache_url = "https://cache.julialang.org/$(desired_url)"
-    cache_output_filename = joinpath(mktempdir(), "myfile")
-    cache_response = Downloads.request(
-        cache_url;
-        output = cache_output_filename,
-        throw = false,
-        timeout = 60,
-    )
-    if cache_response isa Downloads.Response
-        if Downloads.status_ok(cache_response.proto, cache_response.status)
-            return cache_output_filename
-        end
-    end
-    return Downloads.download(desired_url; timeout = 60)
-end
-
-function download_from_cache(desired_url::AbstractString)
-    f = () -> _tryonce_download_from_cache(desired_url)
-    delays = Float64[30, 30, 60, 60, 60]
-    g = retry(f; delays)
-    return g()
-end
-
 if Sys.iswindows()
-    busybox = download_from_cache("https://frippery.org/files/busybox/busybox.exe")
-    havebb = try # use busybox-w32 on windows, if available
-        success(`$busybox`)
-        true
-    catch
-        false
-    end
-    if havebb
-        yescmd = `$busybox yes`
-        echocmd = `$busybox echo`
-        sortcmd = `$busybox sort`
-        printfcmd = `$busybox printf`
-        truecmd = `$busybox true`
-        falsecmd = `$busybox false`
-        catcmd = `$busybox cat`
-        shcmd = `$busybox sh`
-        sleepcmd = `$busybox sleep`
-        lscmd = `$busybox ls`
-    end
+    busybox = joinpath(@__DIR__, "deps", "busybox.exe")
+    havebb = true
+
+    yescmd = `$busybox yes`
+    echocmd = `$busybox echo`
+    sortcmd = `$busybox sort`
+    printfcmd = `$busybox printf`
+    truecmd = `$busybox true`
+    falsecmd = `$busybox false`
+    catcmd = `$busybox cat`
+    shcmd = `$busybox sh`
+    sleepcmd = `$busybox sleep`
+    lscmd = `$busybox ls`
 end
 
 #### Examples used in the manual ####
@@ -878,13 +847,6 @@ end
     @test setenv(cmd, Dict("FOO"=>"foo"); dir="").dir == ""
 end
 
-
-# clean up busybox download
-if Sys.iswindows()
-    rm(busybox, force=true)
-end
-
-
 # test (t)csh escaping if tcsh is installed
 cshcmd = "/bin/tcsh"
 if isfile(cshcmd)