diff --git a/build_windows.sh b/build_windows.sh
index d71cf6868..6bbd60378 100755
--- a/build_windows.sh
+++ b/build_windows.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ export GOOS=windows
 export GOFLAGS="${GOFLAGS} -mod=vendor"
 echo "$GOFLAGS"
 
-PLUGINS=$(cat plugins/windows_only.txt | dos2unix )
+PLUGINS=$(cat plugins/windows.txt | dos2unix )
 for d in $PLUGINS; do
 	plugin="$(basename "$d").exe"
 	echo "building $plugin"
diff --git a/plugins/linux.txt b/plugins/linux.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..485b23bfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/linux.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+all except plugins in plugins/main/windows dir.
diff --git a/plugins/linux_only.txt b/plugins/linux_only.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 586cf5952..000000000
--- a/plugins/linux_only.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-plugins/ipam/dhcp
-plugins/main/bridge
-plugins/main/host-device
-plugins/main/ipvlan
-plugins/main/loopback
-plugins/main/macvlan
-plugins/main/ptp
-plugins/main/vlan
-plugins/main/dummy
-plugins/meta/portmap
-plugins/meta/tuning
-plugins/meta/bandwidth
-plugins/meta/firewall
-plugins/meta/vrf
diff --git a/plugins/main/windows/build.sh b/plugins/main/windows/build.sh
index d6bcd57fe..11e45e7dd 100755
--- a/plugins/main/windows/build.sh
+++ b/plugins/main/windows/build.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -e
 
-PLUGINS=$(cat plugins/windows_only.txt)
+PLUGINS=$(cat plugins/windows.txt)
 for d in $PLUGINS; do
 	if [ -d "$d" ]; then
 	    plugin="$(basename "$d").exe"
diff --git a/plugins/windows_only.txt b/plugins/windows.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/windows_only.txt
rename to plugins/windows.txt
diff --git a/test_windows.sh b/test_windows.sh
index a8dfa63a7..17d942fb1 100755
--- a/test_windows.sh
+++ b/test_windows.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ echo "Running tests"
 
 PKGS="./pkg/hns/..."
 
-PLUGINS=$(cat plugins/windows_only.txt | dos2unix )
+PLUGINS=$(cat plugins/windows.txt | dos2unix )
 for d in $PLUGINS; do
 	PKGS="$PKGS ./$d/..."
 done