remove unnecessary steps from test/prepare

test/prepare.mjs

@@ -1,22 +1,10 @@
 // @ts-check
-import { existsSync } from "node:fs";
-import { symlink } from "node:fs/promises";
 import { dirname, resolve } from "node:path";
 import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
 import { patch } from "ts-patch";
 
 const __dirname = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)); // https://stackoverflow.com/questions/46745014/alternative-for-dirname-in-node-js-when-using-es6-modules
 
-async function symlinkTsNode() {
-  // we need to patch the root package node_modules in order for it to locate ts-node for the register tests.
-  // installing ts-node as a depenency in the root is not an option since it would create two copies of ts-node
-  // thus messing with the mocks in the tests
-  const target = resolve(__dirname, "node_modules/ts-node");
-  const path = resolve(__dirname, "../node_modules/ts-node");
-
-  if (!existsSync(path)) await symlink(target, path, "junction");
-}
-
 function patchTsModules() {
   const rootDir = __dirname;
 
@@ -30,4 +18,3 @@ function patchTsModules() {
 }
 
 patchTsModules();
-await symlinkTsNode();