diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/dotnet/make-nuget-source/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/dotnet/make-nuget-source/default.nix
index ddc2e7b52dbb..48de65e8a881 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/dotnet/make-nuget-source/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/dotnet/make-nuget-source/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ let
       # use -L to follow symbolic links. When `projectReferences` is used in
       # buildDotnetModule, one of the deps will be a symlink farm.
       find -L ${lib.concatStringsSep " " deps} -type f -name '*.nupkg' -exec \
-        cp --no-clobber '{}' $out/lib ';'
+        ln -s '{}' -t $out/lib ';'
 
       # Generates a list of all licenses' spdx ids, if available.
       # Note that this currently ignores any license provided in plain text (e.g. "LICENSE.txt")