diff --git a/toolchain/mac/BUILD.gn b/toolchain/mac/BUILD.gn
index b9c65b0eb..22316c9f1 100644
--- a/toolchain/mac/BUILD.gn
+++ b/toolchain/mac/BUILD.gn
@@ -432,21 +432,10 @@ template("mac_toolchain") {
       # constructed using shell variable $OLDPWD (automatically set when
       # cd is used) as computing the relative path is a bit complex and
       # using pwd would requires a sub-shell to be created.
-      #
-      # A special case exists for copying symbolic links. The pax command,
-      # as noted above, preserves symbolic links but only if they are a child
-      # node of source. But if the source itself is a symbolic link to a
-      # directory, the cd into it will copy it as a logical tree rather than
-      # a symbolic link. Similarly, if source is a symbolic link to a file,
-      # then the copy_command hard link will not produce a symbolic link, it
-      # would hard link the file pointed to by the symbolic link.
       _copydir = "mkdir -p {{output}} && cd {{source}} && " +
                  "pax -rwl . \"\$OLDPWD\"/{{output}}"
-      _copylink = "ln -s \$(readlink {{source}}) {{output}}"
-      command = "rm -rf {{output}} && " +
-                "if [[ -L {{source}} ]]; then $_copylink; " +
-                "elif [[ -d {{source}} ]]; then $_copydir; " +
-                "else $copy_command; fi"
+      command = "rm -rf {{output}} && if [[ -d {{source}} ]]; then " +
+                _copydir + "; else " + copy_command + "; fi"
 
       description = "COPY_BUNDLE_DATA {{source}} {{output}}"
       pool = ":bundle_pool($default_toolchain)"