diff --git a/ci/test_project_cmake.sh b/ci/test_project_cmake.sh
index e17797da946bbfe98e4c219e40b04ceb2dce0bc1..8788e978540d4530d52378ae772869e938d41ca8 100755
--- a/ci/test_project_cmake.sh
+++ b/ci/test_project_cmake.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ find_VTK #sets VTK_DIR
 
 TEMP=$(mktemp -d)
 
-rsync -aLK "$CI_SCRIPT_PATH/../example/CMakeProject/" "$TEMP"
+cp -rL "$CI_SCRIPT_PATH/../example/CMakeProject/" "$TEMP"
 cd "$TEMP"
 sed -i\
 	-e "/^ALL_ROOT_DIR=/c\\\nALL_ROOT_DIR=\"$ALL_ROOT_DIR\"\n"\
diff --git a/ci/test_project_cmake_subdir.sh b/ci/test_project_cmake_subdir.sh
index 49968e12afc4e9076c67f76d64269b1b39da1e98..1f180c647ae21a1001e48b44ebd14e38138f0f6a 100755
--- a/ci/test_project_cmake_subdir.sh
+++ b/ci/test_project_cmake_subdir.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ find_VTK #sets VTK_DIR
 
 TEMP=$(mktemp -d)
 
-rsync -aLK "$CI_SCRIPT_PATH/../example/CMakeProjectSubdir/" "$TEMP"
+cp -rL "$CI_SCRIPT_PATH/../example/CMakeProjectSubdir/" "$TEMP"
 cd "$TEMP"
 ln -s "$ALL_ROOT_DIR" all
 ln -s "$VTK_DIR" vtk_bin
diff --git a/ci/test_project_makefile.sh b/ci/test_project_makefile.sh
index ac333841715f3f42267de8132a9d52c52d76f60f..9992e6e7525baf334dd54d0124ffb602b567cba3 100755
--- a/ci/test_project_makefile.sh
+++ b/ci/test_project_makefile.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ find_VTK #sets VTK_DIR
 
 TEMP=$(mktemp -d)
 
-rsync -aLK "$CI_SCRIPT_PATH/../example/MakefileProject/" "$TEMP"
+cp -rL "$CI_SCRIPT_PATH/../example/MakefileProject/" "$TEMP"
 cd "$TEMP"
 sed -i\
 	-e "/^ALL_SOURCE=/c\\\nALL_SOURCE=\"$ALL_ROOT_DIR\"\n"\