diff --git a/cmd/tools/vsymlink.v b/cmd/tools/vsymlink.v
index 734e76edf4..54c2ad2073 100644
--- a/cmd/tools/vsymlink.v
+++ b/cmd/tools/vsymlink.v
@@ -87,10 +87,8 @@ fn setup_symlink_on_windows(){
 			C.RegCloseKey(reg_sys_env_handle)
 		}
 
-		sys_env_path := get_reg_value(reg_sys_env_handle, 'Path') or {
-			warn_and_exit(err)
-			return
-		}
+		// if the above succeeded, and we cannot get the value, it may simply be empty
+		sys_env_path := get_reg_value(reg_sys_env_handle, 'Path') or { '' }
 
 		current_sys_paths := sys_env_path.split(os.path_delimiter).map(it.trim('/$os.path_separator'))
 		mut new_paths := [ vsymlinkdir ]
diff --git a/vlib/net/http/http_test.v b/vlib/net/http/http_test.v
index 7fdcda554b..a7315ee6ce 100644
--- a/vlib/net/http/http_test.v
+++ b/vlib/net/http/http_test.v
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ fn test_public_servers() {
 
 fn test_relative_redirects() {
 	$if !network ? { return }
+	$else { return } // tempfix periodic: httpbin relative redirects are broken
 	res := http.get('https://httpbin.org/relative-redirect/3?abc=xyz') or { panic(err) }
 	assert 200 == res.status_code
 	assert res.text.len > 0