diff --git a/core/definitions.mk b/core/definitions.mk
index 20b8cf6..ff435e2 100644
--- a/core/definitions.mk
+++ b/core/definitions.mk
@@ -2628,17 +2628,15 @@
 endef
 
 # Define a rule to create a symlink to a file.
-# $(1): full path to source
+# $(1): any dependencies
 # $(2): source (may be relative)
 # $(3): full path to destination
 define symlink-file
 $(eval $(_symlink-file))
 endef
 
-# Order-only dependency because make/ninja will follow the link when checking
-# the timestamp, so the file must exist
 define _symlink-file
-$(3): | $(1)
+$(3): $(1)
 	@echo "Symlink: $$@ -> $(2)"
 	@mkdir -p $(dir $$@)
 	@rm -rf $$@