diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 07d111a..35bfcef 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ musl-git-%:
 	case "$@" in */*) exit 1 ;; esac
 	rm -rf $@.tmp
 	mkdir $@.tmp
-	( cd $@.tmp && find ../$< -path '*/*/*' -prune -exec sh -c 'ln -s "$$@" .' ':' {} + )
+	( cd $@.tmp && $(COWPATCH) -I ../$< )
 	test ! -d patches/$@ || cat patches/$@/* | ( cd $@.tmp && $(COWPATCH) -p1 )
 	test ! -f $</config.sub || ( rm -f $@.tmp/config.sub && cp -f $(SOURCES)/config.sub $@.tmp/ && chmod +x $@.tmp/config.sub )
 	rm -rf $@