diff --git a/modify b/modify
deleted file mode 120000
index 012b4ec0..00000000
--- a/modify
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-lbmk
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/script/build/release/src b/script/build/release/src
index 7b1e4fca..3f0b9691 100755
--- a/script/build/release/src
+++ b/script/build/release/src
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ simple_fetch_list="flashrom grub memtest86plus me_cleaner uefitool"
 simple_fetch_list="${simple_fetch_list} bios_extract biosutilities"
 
 dirlist="config util script include"
-
-filelist="lbmk modify build README.md COPYING update version handle"
-filelist="${filelist} versiondate projectname checkgit checkversion"
+linklist="build update handle" # symlinks in main directory, to script: lbmk
+filelist="lbmk README.md COPYING version versiondate projectname checkgit"
+filelist="${filelist} checkversion"
 
 version="version-unknown"
 versiondate="version-date-unknown"
@@ -123,6 +123,13 @@ copy_files()
 		cp "${i}" "${srcdir}/" || \
 		    err "copy_files: !cp ${i} ${srcdir}/"
 	done
+	(
+	cd "${srcdir}/" || err "copy_files: can't enter dir: ${srcdir}/"
+	for i in ${linklist}; do
+		ln -s lbmk "${i}" || \
+		    err "copy_files: cannot create symlink: ${i} -> lbmk"
+	done
+	)
 }
 
 purge_files()