diff --git a/utils/hct/hctdeploytest.cmd b/utils/hct/hctdeploytest.cmd
deleted file mode 100644
index 720a375f10..0000000000
--- a/utils/hct/hctdeploytest.cmd
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-@echo off
-setlocal ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
-
-if "%1"=="" goto :showhelp
-if "%1"=="/?" goto :showhelp
-if "%1"=="-?" goto :showhelp
-if "%1"=="/h" goto :showhelp
-if "%1"=="-h" goto :showhelp
-if "%1"=="-help" goto :showhelp
-if "%1"=="--help" goto :showhelp
-
-if "%BUILD_CONFIG%"=="" (
-  set BUILD_CONFIG=Debug
-)
-
-set TEST_DIR=%HLSL_BLD_DIR%\%BUILD_CONFIG%\test
-set DEPLOY_DIR=%1
-
-if not exist %HLSL_SRC_DIR%\external\taef\. (
-  call hctgettaef.py
-  if errorlevel 1 (
-    echo hctgettaef.py failed with errorlevel !errorlevel!
-    exit /b 1
-  )
-)
-
-rem Deploy test content to test directory
-call hcttest.cmd none
-if errorlevel 1 (
-  echo test deployment with 'hcttest none' failed with errorlevel !errorlevel!
-  exit /b 1
-)
-
-robocopy /S %HLSL_SRC_DIR%\external\taef\build\Binaries %DEPLOY_DIR%\taef *
-robocopy /S %TEST_DIR% %DEPLOY_DIR%\test *
-robocopy /S %HLSL_SRC_DIR%\tools\clang\test\HLSL %DEPLOY_DIR%\HLSL *
-robocopy /S %HLSL_SRC_DIR%\tools\clang\test\CodeGenHLSL %DEPLOY_DIR%\CodeGenHLSL *
-
-echo =========================================================================
-echo Provided there were no errors above, the test can now be run from
-echo the target directory with:
-echo.
-echo taef\amd64\te test\ClangHLSLTests.dll /p:"HlslDataDir=HLSL" [options]
-echo.
-echo You may need to deploy VS runtime libraries in order to run the unit tests.
-echo Debug versions of these will be required for the Debug build configuration.
-echo Here are some dll's that may be required:
-echo   msvcp140.dll
-echo   msvcp140d.dll
-echo   ucrtbased.dll
-echo   vcruntime140.dll
-echo   vcruntime140d.dll
-echo.
-exit /b 0
-
-:showhelp
-echo Usage:
-echo  hctdeploytest target-directory
-echo.
-goto :eof
diff --git a/utils/hct/hctgettaef.py b/utils/hct/hctgettaef.py
deleted file mode 100644
index a02d753e00..0000000000
--- a/utils/hct/hctgettaef.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-import urllib.request
-import os
-import ssl
-import zipfile
-
-url = "https://github.com/Microsoft/WinObjC/raw/develop/deps/prebuilt/nuget/taef.redist.wlk.1.0.170206001-nativetargets.nupkg"
-zipfile_name = os.path.join(
-    os.environ["TEMP"], "taef.redist.wlk.1.0.170206001-nativetargets.nupkg.zip"
-)
-src_dir = os.environ["HLSL_SRC_DIR"]
-taef_dir = os.path.join(src_dir, "external", "taef")
-
-os.makedirs(taef_dir, exist_ok=True)
-
-try:
-    ctx = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1_2)
-    response = urllib.request.urlopen(url, context=ctx)
-    f = open(zipfile_name, "wb")
-    f.write(response.read())
-    f.close()
-except:
-    print("Unable to read file with urllib, trying via powershell...")
-    from subprocess import check_call
-
-    cmd = ""
-    cmd += "[System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12;"
-    cmd += (
-        "(new-object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadFile('"
-        + url
-        + "', '"
-        + zipfile_name
-        + "')"
-    )
-    check_call(["powershell.exe", "-Command", cmd])
-
-z = zipfile.ZipFile(zipfile_name)
-z.extractall(taef_dir)
-z.close()
diff --git a/utils/hct/hctstart.cmd b/utils/hct/hctstart.cmd
index 5a5941a15e..642ca5bf1d 100644
--- a/utils/hct/hctstart.cmd
+++ b/utils/hct/hctstart.cmd
@@ -167,8 +167,7 @@ if exist "%HLSL_SRC_DIR%\external\taef\build\Binaries\amd64\TE.exe" set path=%pa
 where te.exe 1>nul 2>nul
 if errorlevel 1 (
   echo Unable to find TAEF te.exe on path - you will have to add this before running tests.
-  echo WDK includes TAEF and is available from https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/dn913721.aspx
-  echo Alternatively, consider a project-local install by running %HLSL_SRC_DIR%\utils\hct\hctgettaef.py
+  echo WDK includes TAEF and is available from https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/download-the-wdk
   echo Please see the README.md instructions in the project root.
   exit /b 1
 )