diff --git a/slapos/profile/ncurses.cfg b/slapos/profile/ncurses.cfg
index c466010a6cfc4de6fd88ed62cc11b783c269d07b..f8d2125b76ad41ff3fa2ac3cd756066434701cc4 100644
--- a/slapos/profile/ncurses.cfg
+++ b/slapos/profile/ncurses.cfg
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ configure-options =
   --enable-rpath
 # tricky way to rerun with --enable-widec
 make-targets =
-  install && (for i in curses unctrl eti form menu panel term; do ln -s ncurses/$i.h ${buildout:parts-directory}/${:_buildout_section_name_}/include/$i.h; done) && ./configure ${:configure-options} --enable-widec && make install
+  install && (for i in curses unctrl eti form menu panel term; do ln -sf ncurses/$i.h ${buildout:parts-directory}/${:_buildout_section_name_}/include/$i.h; done) && ./configure ${:configure-options} --enable-widec && make install
 environment =
   LDFLAGS =-Wl,--as-needed