diff --git a/base/automake/automake.conf b/base/automake/automake.conf
index f009bb58b..45aaae21d 100644
--- a/base/automake/automake.conf
+++ b/base/automake/automake.conf
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 # 
 # Filename: package/.../automake/automake.conf
 # Copyright (C) 2007 The OpenSDE Project
-# Copyright (C) 2004 - 2006 The T2 SDE Project
-# Copyright (C) 1998 - 2003 Clifford Wolf
 # 
 # More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
 # 
@@ -14,4 +12,8 @@
 # GNU General Public License can be found in the file COPYING.
 # --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
 
-hook_add postmake 5 "rm -rf $root$datadir/automake ; ln -s automake-${ver} $root$datadir/automake"
+automake_symlink() {
+	local v=$( echo $ver | cut -d'.' -f'1-2' )
+	ln -snf automake-$v $root$datadir/automake
+}
+hook_add postmake 5 "automake_symlink"