diff --git a/direnvrc b/direnvrc
index 18f69c4..60d388b 100644
--- a/direnvrc
+++ b/direnvrc
@@ -186,8 +186,6 @@ _nix_import_env() {
 _nix_add_gcroot() {
   local storepath=$1
   local symlink=$2
-
-  ln -fsn "$storepath" "$symlink"
   nix-store --realise "$storepath" --add-root "$symlink" >/dev/null
 }