diff --git a/metadata/com.libopenmw.openmw.yml b/metadata/com.libopenmw.openmw.yml
index dfa080aa90..64b3857303 100644
--- a/metadata/com.libopenmw.openmw.yml
+++ b/metadata/com.libopenmw.openmw.yml
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ Builds:
       - sed -i -e '/Unzip/,+5d' buildscripts/include/setup-ndk.sh
       - sed -i -e 's/\ -Wl,-plugin-opt=-emulated-tls//' -e '/download-ndk/d' -e '/debugging\
         life/,+19d' buildscripts/build.sh
-      - mkdir -p buildscripts/toolchain/ndk
-      - cp -r $$NDK$$/* buildscripts/toolchain/ndk/
+      - mkdir -p buildscripts/toolchain
+      - ln -s -T $$NDK$$ buildscripts/toolchain/ndk
       - ./buildscripts/build.sh --arch arm --lto
       - ./buildscripts/build.sh --arch arm64 --lto
       - ./buildscripts/build.sh --arch x86 --lto