diff --git a/gyp/pylib/gyp/generator/make.py b/gyp/pylib/gyp/generator/make.py
index c004f6d67c..4139eb7399 100644
--- a/gyp/pylib/gyp/generator/make.py
+++ b/gyp/pylib/gyp/generator/make.py
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ def CalculateGeneratorInputInfo(params):
 
 quiet_cmd_copy = COPY $@
 # send stderr to /dev/null to ignore messages when linking directories.
-cmd_copy = ln -f "$<" "$@" 2>/dev/null || (rm -rf "$@" && cp %(copy_archive_args)s "$<" "$@")
+cmd_copy = rm -rf "$@" && cp %(copy_archive_args)s "$<" "$@"
 
 %(link_commands)s
 """
diff --git a/gyp/pylib/gyp/generator/ninja.py b/gyp/pylib/gyp/generator/ninja.py
index 0e8ae97908..416d83eaec 100644
--- a/gyp/pylib/gyp/generator/ninja.py
+++ b/gyp/pylib/gyp/generator/ninja.py
@@ -2242,7 +2242,7 @@ def GenerateOutputForConfig(target_list, target_dicts, data, params,
     master_ninja.rule(
       'copy',
       description='COPY $in $out',
-      command='ln -f $in $out 2>/dev/null || (rm -rf $out && cp -af $in $out)')
+      command='rm -rf $out && cp -af $in $out')
   master_ninja.newline()
 
   all_targets = set()