diff --git a/src/maketools/make.module b/src/maketools/make.module
index 1cd4023cd1c09c0ed8acb7dc421a6296f4f18412..8957c52f57ea07baa26d8fbcb2bb76eee661122b 100644
--- a/src/maketools/make.module
+++ b/src/maketools/make.module
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ all:
 
 links: Makefile
 	@echo Create links to modules used in $(CURDIR) to simplify header inclusion:
-	@for dir in $(USE) ; do test -L $$dir || ln -s ../$$dir . && echo "   " $$dir ;  done
+	@for dir in $(USE) ; do test -L $$dir || ln -fs ../$$dir . && echo "   " $$dir ;  done
 	@echo Touching a file used to track links update
 	touch links
 	@echo Acting recursively