diff --git a/Library/Contributions/cmds/brew-linkapps.rb b/Library/Contributions/cmds/brew-linkapps.rb
index 40723dec07..92e1f6890c 100755
--- a/Library/Contributions/cmds/brew-linkapps.rb
+++ b/Library/Contributions/cmds/brew-linkapps.rb
@@ -9,19 +9,6 @@ unless File.exist? HOME_APPS
   exit 1
 end
 
-FINDER_ALIAS_MAGIC_PREFIX = "book\x00\x00\x00\x00mark\x00\x00\x00\x00"
-
-def finder_alias?(filename)
-  return false if not File.file? filename
-  File.open(filename) do |f|
-    return f.read(FINDER_ALIAS_MAGIC_PREFIX.length) == FINDER_ALIAS_MAGIC_PREFIX
-  end
-end
-
-def create_finder_alias(from, to)
-  system %Q{osascript -e 'tell application "Finder" to make alias file to POSIX file "#{from}" at POSIX file "#{to}"' > /dev/null}
-end
-
 HOMEBREW_CELLAR.subdirs.each do |keg|
   next unless keg.subdirs
   name = keg.basename.to_s
@@ -29,16 +16,16 @@ HOMEBREW_CELLAR.subdirs.each do |keg|
   if ((f = Formula.factory(name)).installed? rescue false)
     Dir["#{f.installed_prefix}/*.app", "#{f.installed_prefix}/bin/*.app", "#{f.installed_prefix}/libexec/*.app"].each do |p|
       puts "Linking #{p}"
-      appname = File.basename(p, ".app")
+      appname = File.basename(p)
       target = HOME_APPS+"/"+appname
       if File.exist? target
-        if File.symlink?(target) || finder_alias?(target)
+        if File.symlink? target
           system "rm", target
         else
           onoe "#{target} already exists, skipping."
         end
       end
-      create_finder_alias(p, HOME_APPS)
+      system "ln", "-s", p, HOME_APPS
     end
   end
 end