diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 844e62867..6400e8238 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -15583,7 +15583,7 @@ _ACEOF
 
 
 ################################################################################
-ac_config_files="$ac_config_files Makefile make.tmpl daemons/Makefile daemons/clvmd/Makefile daemons/cmirrord/Makefile daemons/dmeventd/Makefile daemons/dmeventd/libdevmapper-event.pc daemons/dmeventd/plugins/Makefile daemons/dmeventd/plugins/lvm2/Makefile daemons/dmeventd/plugins/raid/Makefile daemons/dmeventd/plugins/mirror/Makefile daemons/dmeventd/plugins/snapshot/Makefile daemons/dmeventd/plugins/thin/Makefile daemons/dmfilemapd/Makefile daemons/lvmdbusd/Makefile daemons/lvmdbusd/lvmdbusd daemons/lvmdbusd/lvmdb.py daemons/lvmdbusd/lvm_shell_proxy.py daemons/lvmdbusd/path.py daemons/lvmetad/Makefile daemons/lvmpolld/Makefile daemons/lvmlockd/Makefile conf/Makefile conf/example.conf conf/lvmlocal.conf conf/command_profile_template.profile conf/metadata_profile_template.profile include/Makefile lib/Makefile lib/locking/Makefile include/lvm-version.h libdaemon/Makefile libdaemon/client/Makefile libdaemon/server/Makefile libdm/Makefile libdm/libdevmapper.pc liblvm/Makefile liblvm/liblvm2app.pc man/Makefile po/Makefile python/Makefile python/setup.py scripts/blkdeactivate.sh scripts/blk_availability_init_red_hat scripts/blk_availability_systemd_red_hat.service scripts/clvmd_init_red_hat scripts/cmirrord_init_red_hat scripts/com.redhat.lvmdbus1.service scripts/dm_event_systemd_red_hat.service scripts/dm_event_systemd_red_hat.socket scripts/lvm2_cluster_activation_red_hat.sh scripts/lvm2_cluster_activation_systemd_red_hat.service scripts/lvm2_clvmd_systemd_red_hat.service scripts/lvm2_cmirrord_systemd_red_hat.service scripts/lvm2_lvmdbusd_systemd_red_hat.service scripts/lvm2_lvmetad_init_red_hat scripts/lvm2_lvmetad_systemd_red_hat.service scripts/lvm2_lvmetad_systemd_red_hat.socket scripts/lvm2_lvmpolld_init_red_hat scripts/lvm2_lvmpolld_systemd_red_hat.service scripts/lvm2_lvmpolld_systemd_red_hat.socket scripts/lvm2_lvmlockd_systemd_red_hat.service scripts/lvm2_lvmlocking_systemd_red_hat.service scripts/lvm2_monitoring_init_red_hat scripts/lvm2_monitoring_systemd_red_hat.service scripts/lvm2_pvscan_systemd_red_hat@.service scripts/lvm2_tmpfiles_red_hat.conf scripts/lvmdump.sh scripts/Makefile test/Makefile test/api/Makefile test/unit/Makefile tools/Makefile udev/Makefile"
+ac_config_files="$ac_config_files Makefile make.tmpl daemons/Makefile daemons/clvmd/Makefile daemons/cmirrord/Makefile daemons/dmeventd/Makefile daemons/dmeventd/libdevmapper-event.pc daemons/dmeventd/plugins/Makefile daemons/dmeventd/plugins/lvm2/Makefile daemons/dmeventd/plugins/raid/Makefile daemons/dmeventd/plugins/mirror/Makefile daemons/dmeventd/plugins/snapshot/Makefile daemons/dmeventd/plugins/thin/Makefile daemons/dmfilemapd/Makefile daemons/lvmdbusd/Makefile daemons/lvmdbusd/lvmdbusd daemons/lvmdbusd/lvmdb.py daemons/lvmdbusd/lvm_shell_proxy.py daemons/lvmdbusd/path.py daemons/lvmetad/Makefile daemons/lvmpolld/Makefile daemons/lvmlockd/Makefile conf/Makefile conf/example.conf conf/lvmlocal.conf conf/command_profile_template.profile conf/metadata_profile_template.profile include/.symlinks include/Makefile lib/Makefile lib/locking/Makefile include/lvm-version.h libdaemon/Makefile libdaemon/client/Makefile libdaemon/server/Makefile libdm/Makefile libdm/libdevmapper.pc liblvm/Makefile liblvm/liblvm2app.pc man/Makefile po/Makefile python/Makefile python/setup.py scripts/blkdeactivate.sh scripts/blk_availability_init_red_hat scripts/blk_availability_systemd_red_hat.service scripts/clvmd_init_red_hat scripts/cmirrord_init_red_hat scripts/com.redhat.lvmdbus1.service scripts/dm_event_systemd_red_hat.service scripts/dm_event_systemd_red_hat.socket scripts/lvm2_cluster_activation_red_hat.sh scripts/lvm2_cluster_activation_systemd_red_hat.service scripts/lvm2_clvmd_systemd_red_hat.service scripts/lvm2_cmirrord_systemd_red_hat.service scripts/lvm2_lvmdbusd_systemd_red_hat.service scripts/lvm2_lvmetad_init_red_hat scripts/lvm2_lvmetad_systemd_red_hat.service scripts/lvm2_lvmetad_systemd_red_hat.socket scripts/lvm2_lvmpolld_init_red_hat scripts/lvm2_lvmpolld_systemd_red_hat.service scripts/lvm2_lvmpolld_systemd_red_hat.socket scripts/lvm2_lvmlockd_systemd_red_hat.service scripts/lvm2_lvmlocking_systemd_red_hat.service scripts/lvm2_monitoring_init_red_hat scripts/lvm2_monitoring_systemd_red_hat.service scripts/lvm2_pvscan_systemd_red_hat@.service scripts/lvm2_tmpfiles_red_hat.conf scripts/lvmdump.sh scripts/Makefile test/Makefile test/api/Makefile test/unit/Makefile tools/Makefile udev/Makefile"
 
 cat >confcache <<\_ACEOF
 # This file is a shell script that caches the results of configure
@@ -16305,6 +16305,7 @@ do
     "conf/lvmlocal.conf") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES conf/lvmlocal.conf" ;;
     "conf/command_profile_template.profile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES conf/command_profile_template.profile" ;;
     "conf/metadata_profile_template.profile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES conf/metadata_profile_template.profile" ;;
+    "include/.symlinks") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES include/.symlinks" ;;
     "include/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES include/Makefile" ;;
     "lib/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES lib/Makefile" ;;
     "lib/locking/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES lib/locking/Makefile" ;;
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 811357f4d..dc01a8e0e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2128,6 +2128,7 @@ conf/example.conf
 conf/lvmlocal.conf
 conf/command_profile_template.profile
 conf/metadata_profile_template.profile
+include/.symlinks
 include/Makefile
 lib/Makefile
 lib/locking/Makefile
diff --git a/include/.gitignore b/include/.gitignore
index 396884bea..4971e071a 100644
--- a/include/.gitignore
+++ b/include/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
-configure.h
-lvm-version.h
+.symlinks
+.symlinks_created
+
+*.h
diff --git a/include/.symlinks.in b/include/.symlinks.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3d5075058
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/.symlinks.in
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+@top_srcdir@/daemons/clvmd/clvm.h
+@top_srcdir@/daemons/dmeventd/libdevmapper-event.h
+@top_srcdir@/daemons/lvmetad/lvmetad-client.h
+@top_srcdir@/daemons/lvmlockd/lvmlockd-client.h
+@top_srcdir@/daemons/lvmpolld/lvmpolld-protocol.h
+@top_srcdir@/daemons/lvmpolld/polling_ops.h
+@top_srcdir@/lib/activate/activate.h
+@top_srcdir@/lib/activate/targets.h
+@top_srcdir@/lib/cache/lvmcache.h
+@top_srcdir@/lib/cache/lvmetad.h
+@top_srcdir@/lib/commands/toolcontext.h
+@top_srcdir@/lib/config/config.h
+@top_srcdir@/lib/config/config_settings.h
+@top_srcdir@/lib/config/defaults.h
+@top_srcdir@/lib/datastruct/btree.h
+@top_srcdir@/lib/datastruct/str_list.h
+@top_srcdir@/lib/device/bcache.h
+@top_srcdir@/lib/device/dev-cache.h
+@top_srcdir@/lib/device/dev-ext-udev-constants.h
+@top_srcdir@/lib/device/dev-type.h
+@top_srcdir@/lib/device/device-types.h
+@top_srcdir@/lib/device/device.h
+@top_srcdir@/lib/display/display.h
+@top_srcdir@/lib/filters/filter.h
+@top_srcdir@/lib/format1/format1.h
+@top_srcdir@/lib/format_pool/format_pool.h
+@top_srcdir@/lib/format_text/archiver.h
+@top_srcdir@/lib/format_text/format-text.h
+@top_srcdir@/lib/format_text/text_export.h
+@top_srcdir@/lib/format_text/text_import.h
+@top_srcdir@/lib/label/label.h
+@top_srcdir@/lib/locking/locking.h
+@top_srcdir@/lib/locking/lvmlockd.h
+@top_srcdir@/lib/log/log.h
+@top_srcdir@/lib/log/lvm-logging.h
+@top_srcdir@/lib/lvmpolld/lvmpolld-client.h
+@top_srcdir@/lib/lvmpolld/polldaemon.h
+@top_srcdir@/lib/metadata/lv.h
+@top_srcdir@/lib/metadata/lv_alloc.h
+@top_srcdir@/lib/metadata/metadata-exported.h
+@top_srcdir@/lib/metadata/metadata.h
+@top_srcdir@/lib/metadata/pv.h
+@top_srcdir@/lib/metadata/pv_alloc.h
+@top_srcdir@/lib/metadata/segtype.h
+@top_srcdir@/lib/metadata/vg.h
+@top_srcdir@/lib/misc/crc.h
+@top_srcdir@/lib/misc/intl.h
+@top_srcdir@/lib/misc/last-path-component.h
+@top_srcdir@/lib/misc/lib.h
+@top_srcdir@/lib/misc/lvm-exec.h
+@top_srcdir@/lib/misc/lvm-file.h
+@top_srcdir@/lib/misc/lvm-flock.h
+@top_srcdir@/lib/misc/lvm-globals.h
+@top_srcdir@/lib/misc/lvm-maths.h
+@top_srcdir@/lib/misc/lvm-percent.h
+@top_srcdir@/lib/misc/lvm-signal.h
+@top_srcdir@/lib/misc/lvm-string.h
+@top_srcdir@/lib/misc/lvm-wrappers.h
+@top_srcdir@/lib/misc/sharedlib.h
+@top_srcdir@/lib/misc/util.h
+@top_srcdir@/lib/mm/memlock.h
+@top_srcdir@/lib/mm/xlate.h
+@top_srcdir@/lib/notify/lvmnotify.h
+@top_srcdir@/lib/properties/prop_common.h
+@top_srcdir@/lib/report/properties.h
+@top_srcdir@/lib/report/report.h
+@top_srcdir@/lib/uuid/uuid.h
+@top_srcdir@/libdaemon/client/config-util.h
+@top_srcdir@/libdaemon/client/daemon-client.h
+@top_srcdir@/libdaemon/client/daemon-io.h
+@top_srcdir@/libdm/libdevmapper.h
+@top_srcdir@/libdm/misc/dm-ioctl.h
+@top_srcdir@/libdm/misc/dm-log-userspace.h
+@top_srcdir@/libdm/misc/dm-logging.h
+@top_srcdir@/libdm/misc/dmlib.h
+@top_srcdir@/libdm/misc/kdev_t.h
+@top_srcdir@/liblvm/lvm2app.h
+@top_srcdir@/po/pogen.h
+@top_srcdir@/tools/lvm2cmd.h
+@top_srcdir@/tools/tool.h
diff --git a/include/Makefile.in b/include/Makefile.in
index e5c09b58b..b2571fd62 100644
--- a/include/Makefile.in
+++ b/include/Makefile.in
@@ -18,4 +18,22 @@ top_builddir = @top_builddir@
 
 include $(top_builddir)/make.tmpl
 
-DISTCLEAN_TARGETS += configure.h lvm-version.h
+all: .symlinks_created
+
+LINKS := $(shell find . -maxdepth 1 -type l)
+
+.symlinks_created: .symlinks
+ifneq (,$(firstword $(LINKS)))
+	$(RM) $(LINKS)
+endif
+	for i in `cat $<`; do $(LN_S) $$i ; done
+	touch $@
+
+pofile: all
+
+device-mapper: all
+
+cflow: all
+
+DISTCLEAN_TARGETS += .symlinks configure.h lvm-version.h
+CLEAN_TARGETS += $(LINKS) .include_symlinks .symlinks_created
diff --git a/include/activate.h b/include/activate.h
deleted file mode 120000
index 3c8d94a5d..000000000
--- a/include/activate.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../lib/activate/activate.h
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/include/archiver.h b/include/archiver.h
deleted file mode 120000
index bac9048ba..000000000
--- a/include/archiver.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../lib/format_text/archiver.h
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/include/bcache.h b/include/bcache.h
deleted file mode 120000
index 5855f8dd8..000000000
--- a/include/bcache.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../lib/device/bcache.h
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/include/btree.h b/include/btree.h
deleted file mode 120000
index e45aee473..000000000
--- a/include/btree.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../lib/datastruct/btree.h
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/include/clvm.h b/include/clvm.h
deleted file mode 120000
index 9740db4dc..000000000
--- a/include/clvm.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../daemons/clvmd/clvm.h
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/include/config-util.h b/include/config-util.h
deleted file mode 120000
index 4b7b220a6..000000000
--- a/include/config-util.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../libdaemon/client/config-util.h
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/include/config.h b/include/config.h
deleted file mode 120000
index a73394239..000000000
--- a/include/config.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../lib/config/config.h
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/include/config_settings.h b/include/config_settings.h
deleted file mode 120000
index 407d5948f..000000000
--- a/include/config_settings.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../lib/config/config_settings.h
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/include/crc.h b/include/crc.h
deleted file mode 120000
index 25c761a82..000000000
--- a/include/crc.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../lib/misc/crc.h
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/include/daemon-client.h b/include/daemon-client.h
deleted file mode 120000
index 7dbf53f23..000000000
--- a/include/daemon-client.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../libdaemon/client/daemon-client.h
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/include/daemon-io.h b/include/daemon-io.h
deleted file mode 120000
index 79612d9fc..000000000
--- a/include/daemon-io.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../libdaemon/client/daemon-io.h
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/include/defaults.h b/include/defaults.h
deleted file mode 120000
index c97f06fd5..000000000
--- a/include/defaults.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../lib/config/defaults.h
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/include/dev-cache.h b/include/dev-cache.h
deleted file mode 120000
index edb73957a..000000000
--- a/include/dev-cache.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../lib/device/dev-cache.h
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/include/dev-ext-udev-constants.h b/include/dev-ext-udev-constants.h
deleted file mode 120000
index 97258ef33..000000000
--- a/include/dev-ext-udev-constants.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../lib/device/dev-ext-udev-constants.h
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/include/dev-type.h b/include/dev-type.h
deleted file mode 120000
index 8082a7698..000000000
--- a/include/dev-type.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../lib/device/dev-type.h
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/include/device-types.h b/include/device-types.h
deleted file mode 120000
index 452a6fac2..000000000
--- a/include/device-types.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../lib/device/device-types.h
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/include/device.h b/include/device.h
deleted file mode 120000
index ee365d977..000000000
--- a/include/device.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../lib/device/device.h
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/include/display.h b/include/display.h
deleted file mode 120000
index b614edea8..000000000
--- a/include/display.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../lib/display/display.h
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/include/dm-ioctl.h b/include/dm-ioctl.h
deleted file mode 120000
index 4acd5a500..000000000
--- a/include/dm-ioctl.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../libdm/misc/dm-ioctl.h
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/include/dm-log-userspace.h b/include/dm-log-userspace.h
deleted file mode 120000
index 37c9feadc..000000000
--- a/include/dm-log-userspace.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../libdm/misc/dm-log-userspace.h
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/include/dm-logging.h b/include/dm-logging.h
deleted file mode 120000
index 2af311e9f..000000000
--- a/include/dm-logging.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../libdm/misc/dm-logging.h
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/include/dmlib.h b/include/dmlib.h
deleted file mode 120000
index 6e99e605f..000000000
--- a/include/dmlib.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../libdm/misc/dmlib.h
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/include/filter.h b/include/filter.h
deleted file mode 120000
index c22ea1698..000000000
--- a/include/filter.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../lib/filters/filter.h
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/include/format-text.h b/include/format-text.h
deleted file mode 120000
index ca81b1ddd..000000000
--- a/include/format-text.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../lib/format_text/format-text.h
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/include/format1.h b/include/format1.h
deleted file mode 120000
index 4e23bc92a..000000000
--- a/include/format1.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../lib/format1/format1.h
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/include/format_pool.h b/include/format_pool.h
deleted file mode 120000
index 7198a378a..000000000
--- a/include/format_pool.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../lib/format_pool/format_pool.h
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/include/intl.h b/include/intl.h
deleted file mode 120000
index 6db3a2b4b..000000000
--- a/include/intl.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../lib/misc/intl.h
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/include/kdev_t.h b/include/kdev_t.h
deleted file mode 120000
index 1d04a7243..000000000
--- a/include/kdev_t.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../libdm/misc/kdev_t.h
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/include/label.h b/include/label.h
deleted file mode 120000
index 0af47caf6..000000000
--- a/include/label.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../lib/label/label.h
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/include/last-path-component.h b/include/last-path-component.h
deleted file mode 120000
index 58f8badae..000000000
--- a/include/last-path-component.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../lib/misc/last-path-component.h
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/include/lib.h b/include/lib.h
deleted file mode 120000
index 912ac0c5a..000000000
--- a/include/lib.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../lib/misc/lib.h
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/include/libdevmapper-event.h b/include/libdevmapper-event.h
deleted file mode 120000
index a54561d9f..000000000
--- a/include/libdevmapper-event.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../daemons/dmeventd/libdevmapper-event.h
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/include/libdevmapper.h b/include/libdevmapper.h
deleted file mode 120000
index a88009bbc..000000000
--- a/include/libdevmapper.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../libdm/libdevmapper.h
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/include/locking.h b/include/locking.h
deleted file mode 120000
index 6ea334307..000000000
--- a/include/locking.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../lib/locking/locking.h
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/include/log.h b/include/log.h
deleted file mode 120000
index 245ac3d73..000000000
--- a/include/log.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../lib/log/log.h
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/include/lv.h b/include/lv.h
deleted file mode 120000
index 7cd7de6bb..000000000
--- a/include/lv.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../lib/metadata/lv.h
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/include/lv_alloc.h b/include/lv_alloc.h
deleted file mode 120000
index bbb691cca..000000000
--- a/include/lv_alloc.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../lib/metadata/lv_alloc.h
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/include/lvm-exec.h b/include/lvm-exec.h
deleted file mode 120000
index 5b5232a58..000000000
--- a/include/lvm-exec.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../lib/misc/lvm-exec.h
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/include/lvm-file.h b/include/lvm-file.h
deleted file mode 120000
index bcb8288e6..000000000
--- a/include/lvm-file.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../lib/misc/lvm-file.h
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/include/lvm-flock.h b/include/lvm-flock.h
deleted file mode 120000
index e1ef68253..000000000
--- a/include/lvm-flock.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../lib/misc/lvm-flock.h
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/include/lvm-globals.h b/include/lvm-globals.h
deleted file mode 120000
index 767f63d78..000000000
--- a/include/lvm-globals.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../lib/misc/lvm-globals.h
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/include/lvm-logging.h b/include/lvm-logging.h
deleted file mode 120000
index 9236bad44..000000000
--- a/include/lvm-logging.h
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
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--- a/include/segtype.h
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--- a/include/sharedlib.h
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--- a/include/str_list.h
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diff --git a/include/targets.h b/include/targets.h
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--- a/include/targets.h
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-../lib/activate/targets.h
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diff --git a/include/text_export.h b/include/text_export.h
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index 4ef5b9619..000000000
--- a/include/text_export.h
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--- a/include/text_import.h
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--- a/include/tool.h
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index c26097fdd..000000000
--- a/include/toolcontext.h
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-../lib/commands/toolcontext.h
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diff --git a/include/util.h b/include/util.h
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--- a/include/util.h
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../lib/misc/util.h
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diff --git a/include/uuid.h b/include/uuid.h
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index 1b70f6e53..000000000
--- a/include/uuid.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../lib/uuid/uuid.h
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diff --git a/include/vg.h b/include/vg.h
deleted file mode 120000
index 3f705b259..000000000
--- a/include/vg.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../lib/metadata/vg.h
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/include/xlate.h b/include/xlate.h
deleted file mode 120000
index 4ab1c8370..000000000
--- a/include/xlate.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../lib/mm/xlate.h
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/make.tmpl.in b/make.tmpl.in
index 5c124b442..3a9f45059 100644
--- a/make.tmpl.in
+++ b/make.tmpl.in
@@ -306,10 +306,12 @@ LIB_VERSION_DM := $(shell $(AWK) -F '.' '{printf "%s.%s",$$1,$$2}' $(top_srcdir)
 
 LIB_VERSION_APP := $(shell $(AWK) -F '[(). ]' '{printf "%s.%s",$$1,$$4}' $(top_srcdir)/VERSION)
 
-INCLUDES += -I$(srcdir) -I$(top_srcdir)/include -I$(top_builddir)/include
+INCLUDES += -I$(srcdir) -I$(top_builddir)/include
+
+INC_LNS = $(top_builddir)/include/.symlinks_created
 
 DEPS = $(top_builddir)/make.tmpl $(top_srcdir)/VERSION \
-       $(top_builddir)/Makefile
+       $(top_builddir)/Makefile $(INC_LNS)
 
 OBJECTS = $(SOURCES:%.c=%.o) $(CXXSOURCES:%.cpp=%.o)
 POTFILES = $(SOURCES:%.c=%.pot)
@@ -504,9 +506,9 @@ $(LIB_STATIC): $(OBJECTS)
 	$(Q) $(RM) $@
 	$(Q) $(AR) rsv $@ $(OBJECTS) > /dev/null
 
-%.d: ;
+%.d: $(INC_LNS)
 .PRECIOUS: %.d
-
+	
 %.mo: %.po
 	@echo "    [MSGFMT] $<"
 	$(Q) $(MSGFMT) -o $@ $<