diff --git a/__tests__/test-artifact-file.sh b/__tests__/test-artifact-file.sh
index 708dc80..d36d22e 100755
--- a/__tests__/test-artifact-file.sh
+++ b/__tests__/test-artifact-file.sh
@@ -18,8 +18,10 @@ if [ ! -f "$path" ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-actualContent=$(cat $path)
-if [ "$actualContent" != "$expectedContent" ];then
+actualContent=$(cat "$path")
+if [ "$expectedContent" == "_EMPTY_" ] && [ ! -s "$path" ]; then
+    exit 0
+elif  [ "$actualContent" != "$expectedContent" ]; then
     echo "File contents are not correct, expected $expectedContent, received $actualContent"
     exit 1
 fi
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/__tests__/upload.test.ts b/__tests__/upload.test.ts
index 9f3ce1a..75c228e 100644
--- a/__tests__/upload.test.ts
+++ b/__tests__/upload.test.ts
@@ -181,7 +181,10 @@ describe('Upload Tests', () => {
   function hasMkfifo(): boolean {
     try {
       // make sure we drain the stdout
-      return execSync('which mkfifo').toString().length > 0
+      return (
+        process.platform !== 'win32' &&
+        execSync('which mkfifo').toString().length > 0
+      )
     } catch (e) {
       return false
     }
diff --git a/src/internal/upload-http-client.ts b/src/internal/upload-http-client.ts
index 473f40d..9892a42 100644
--- a/src/internal/upload-http-client.ts
+++ b/src/internal/upload-http-client.ts
@@ -221,10 +221,7 @@ export class UploadHttpClient {
   ): Promise<UploadFileResult> {
     const fileStat: fs.Stats = await stat(parameters.file)
     const totalFileSize = fileStat.size
-    // on Windows with mkfifo from MSYS2 stats.isFIFO returns false, so we check if running on Windows node and
-    // if the file has size of 0 to compensate
-    const isFIFO =
-      fileStat.isFIFO() || (process.platform === 'win32' && totalFileSize === 0)
+    const isFIFO = fileStat.isFIFO()
     let offset = 0
     let isUploadSuccessful = true
     let failedChunkSizes = 0