diff --git a/.github/workflows/VcpkgPackage.yml b/.github/workflows/VcpkgPackage.yml
index 4df95552..d169e500 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/VcpkgPackage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/VcpkgPackage.yml
@@ -80,10 +80,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: run test
         shell: bash
         run: |
-          echo "Replacing annoying windows backslashes with forward slashes in VCPKG_ROOT"
-          echo "before VCPKG_ROOT=$VCPKG_ROOT"
-          VCPKG_ROOT=$(python -c "print('${{ github.workspace }}/vcpkg'.replace('\\\\', '/'))")
-          echo "after VCPKG_ROOT=$VCPKG_ROOT"
-          export VCPKG_ROOT
+          export VCPKG_ROOT=$(pwd)/vcpkg
           cd .github/ci_vcpkg_package_tests
           python run_ci_vcpkg_package_tests.py
diff --git a/.github/workflows/VcpkgDeps.yml b/.github/workflows/t/VcpkgDeps.yml
similarity index 83%
rename from .github/workflows/VcpkgDeps.yml
rename to .github/workflows/t/VcpkgDeps.yml
index 88ada8e0..d3ea4ac5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/VcpkgDeps.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/t/VcpkgDeps.yml
@@ -53,11 +53,7 @@ jobs:
         # This will read the dependencies from the vcpkg.json file,
         # and the CMake preset from CMakePresets.json
         run: |
-          echo "Replacing annoying windows backslashes with forward slashes in VCPKG_ROOT"
-          echo "before VCPKG_ROOT=$VCPKG_ROOT"
-          VCPKG_ROOT=$(python -c "print('${{ github.workspace }}/vcpkg'.replace('\\\\', '/'))")
-          echo "after VCPKG_ROOT=$VCPKG_ROOT"
-          export VCPKG_ROOT
+          export VCPKG_ROOT=$(pwd)/vcpkg
           mkdir build
           cd build
           cmake .. --preset build_vcpkg_default -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release