diff --git a/build_gesso.sh b/build_gesso.sh
index fb7f7cc1e2bad80ea2b76847d71d24a02a5828cf..7ce24e06287995bf180621d3edc54ab82e461a66 100755
--- a/build_gesso.sh
+++ b/build_gesso.sh
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ if [ -d "source" ]; then
   rm -rf source
   echo "Done removing old source directory ..."
 fi
-ln --force --symbolic "../source" source
+ln -fs "../source" source
 echo "Done symbolic linking source directory ..."
 
 echo "Removing style lint config and replacing with UW config ..."