diff --git a/pkg/apis/build/v1alpha2/build_pod.go b/pkg/apis/build/v1alpha2/build_pod.go
index 556020e12..baffccf19 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/build/v1alpha2/build_pod.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/build/v1alpha2/build_pod.go
@@ -28,11 +28,10 @@ const (
 	secretVolumeNameTemplate     = "secret-volume-%v"
 	pullSecretVolumeNameTemplate = "pull-secret-volume-%v"
 
-	completionTerminationMessagePathWindows = "/dev/termination-log"
-	completionTerminationMessagePathLinux   = "/tmp/termination-log"
-	cosignDefaultSecretPath                 = "/var/build-secrets/cosign/%s"
-	defaultSecretPath                       = "/var/build-secrets/%s"
-	ReportTOMLPath                          = "/var/report/report.toml"
+	completionTerminationMessagePath = "/tmp/termination-log"
+	cosignDefaultSecretPath          = "/var/build-secrets/cosign/%s"
+	defaultSecretPath                = "/var/build-secrets/%s"
+	ReportTOMLPath                   = "/var/report/report.toml"
 
 	BuildLabel = "kpack.io/build"
 	k8sOSLabel = "kubernetes.io/os"
@@ -97,9 +96,9 @@ func (bpi *BuildPodImages) completion(os string) string {
 func terminationMsgPath(os string) string {
 	switch os {
 	case "windows":
-		return completionTerminationMessagePathWindows
+		return ""
 	default:
-		return completionTerminationMessagePathLinux
+		return completionTerminationMessagePath
 	}
 }
 
@@ -366,7 +365,7 @@ func (b *Build) BuildPod(images BuildPodImages, buildContext BuildContext) (*cor
 						Env: []corev1.EnvVar{
 							homeEnv,
 							{Name: CacheTagEnvVar, Value: b.Spec.RegistryCacheTag()},
-							{Name: TerminationMessagePathEnvVar, Value: terminationMsgPath(buildContext.os())},
+							{Name: TerminationMessagePathEnvVar, Value: completionTerminationMessagePath},
 						},
 						Args: args(
 							b.notaryArgs(),
@@ -839,7 +838,7 @@ func (b *Build) rebasePod(buildContext BuildContext, images BuildPodImages) (*co
 					Command: []string{"/cnb/process/completion"},
 					Env: []corev1.EnvVar{
 						{Name: CacheTagEnvVar, Value: b.Spec.RegistryCacheTag()},
-						{Name: TerminationMessagePathEnvVar, Value: terminationMsgPath(buildContext.os())},
+						{Name: TerminationMessagePathEnvVar, Value: completionTerminationMessagePath},
 					},
 					Args: args(
 						b.notaryArgs(),
diff --git a/pkg/apis/build/v1alpha2/build_pod_test.go b/pkg/apis/build/v1alpha2/build_pod_test.go
index 93d45be38..2e2dea31a 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/build/v1alpha2/build_pod_test.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/build/v1alpha2/build_pod_test.go
@@ -2636,7 +2636,7 @@ func testBuildPod(t *testing.T, when spec.G, it spec.S) {
 				assert.Equal(t, completionContainer.Env, []corev1.EnvVar{
 					{Name: "USERPROFILE", Value: "/builder/home"},
 					{Name: "CACHE_TAG", Value: ""},
-					{Name: "TERMINATION_MESSAGE_PATH", Value: "/dev/termination-log"},
+					{Name: "TERMINATION_MESSAGE_PATH", Value: "/tmp/termination-log"},
 				})
 			})