diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 2453b1a9..6d39a4ee 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     "require": {
         "php": "^8.1",
         "composer-runtime-api": "^2.2",
-        "orchestra/sidekick": "^1.0.2",
+        "orchestra/sidekick": "^1.0.5",
         "symfony/deprecation-contracts": "^2.5|^3.0",
         "symfony/polyfill-php83": "^1.31"
     },
diff --git a/src/Console/Commander.php b/src/Console/Commander.php
index 7d761730..c7547bb9 100644
--- a/src/Console/Commander.php
+++ b/src/Console/Commander.php
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 use Symfony\Component\Console\SignalRegistry\SignalRegistry;
 use Throwable;
 
+use function Orchestra\Sidekick\is_symlink;
 use function Orchestra\Sidekick\join_paths;
 use function Orchestra\Sidekick\transform_relative_path;
 
@@ -140,19 +141,19 @@ public function laravel()
             $APP_BASE_PATH = $this->getApplicationBasePath();
             $VENDOR_PATH = join_paths($this->workingPath, 'vendor');
 
-            $filesystem = new Filesystem;
-
-            $hasEnvironmentFile = fn () => is_file(join_paths($APP_BASE_PATH, '.env'));
-
             TerminatingConsole::beforeWhen(
-                ! $filesystem->isFile(join_paths($VENDOR_PATH, 'autoload.php')),
+                ! is_symlink(join_paths($APP_BASE_PATH, 'vendor')),
                 static function () use ($APP_BASE_PATH) {
                     static::$testbench::deleteVendorSymlink($APP_BASE_PATH);
                 }
             );
 
+            $filesystem = new Filesystem;
+
+            $hasEnvironmentFile = static fn () => is_file(join_paths($APP_BASE_PATH, '.env'));
+
             tap(
-                static::$testbench::createVendorSymlink($APP_BASE_PATH, join_paths($this->workingPath, 'vendor')),
+                static::$testbench::createVendorSymlink($APP_BASE_PATH, $VENDOR_PATH),
                 function ($app) use ($filesystem, $hasEnvironmentFile) {
                     $this->copyTestbenchConfigurationFile($app, $filesystem, $this->workingPath);
 
diff --git a/src/Foundation/Actions/CreateVendorSymlink.php b/src/Foundation/Actions/CreateVendorSymlink.php
index a389f55e..4daaada8 100644
--- a/src/Foundation/Actions/CreateVendorSymlink.php
+++ b/src/Foundation/Actions/CreateVendorSymlink.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 use ErrorException;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Foundation\Application;
 use Illuminate\Filesystem\Filesystem;
+use Illuminate\Foundation\PackageManifest;
 
 use function Orchestra\Sidekick\join_paths;
 use function Orchestra\Testbench\laravel_vendor_exists;
@@ -47,6 +48,8 @@ public function handle(Application $app): void
             try {
                 $filesystem->link($this->workingPath, $appVendorPath);
 
+                $app->make(PackageManifest::class)->build();
+
                 $vendorLinkCreated = true;
             } catch (ErrorException $e) {
                 //
diff --git a/src/Foundation/Actions/DeleteVendorSymlink.php b/src/Foundation/Actions/DeleteVendorSymlink.php
index 72ea21e0..2c499423 100644
--- a/src/Foundation/Actions/DeleteVendorSymlink.php
+++ b/src/Foundation/Actions/DeleteVendorSymlink.php
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Foundation\Application;
 
+use function Orchestra\Sidekick\is_symlink;
+
 /**
  * @internal
  */
@@ -18,10 +20,8 @@ final class DeleteVendorSymlink
     public function handle(Application $app): void
     {
         tap($app->basePath('vendor'), static function ($appVendorPath) {
-            if (windows_os() && is_dir($appVendorPath) && readlink($appVendorPath) !== $appVendorPath) {
-                @rmdir($appVendorPath);
-            } elseif (is_link($appVendorPath)) {
-                @unlink($appVendorPath);
+            if (is_symlink($appVendorPath)) {
+                windows_os() ? @rmdir($appVendorPath) : @unlink($appVendorPath);
             }
 
             clearstatcache(false, \dirname($appVendorPath));
diff --git a/src/Workbench/Actions/AddAssetSymlinkFolders.php b/src/Workbench/Actions/AddAssetSymlinkFolders.php
index 431eabab..e53d2135 100644
--- a/src/Workbench/Actions/AddAssetSymlinkFolders.php
+++ b/src/Workbench/Actions/AddAssetSymlinkFolders.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 use Illuminate\Support\Str;
 use Orchestra\Testbench\Contracts\Config as ConfigContract;
 
+use function Orchestra\Sidekick\is_symlink;
 use function Orchestra\Testbench\package_path;
 
 /**
@@ -61,8 +62,8 @@ public function handle(): void
                 /** @var string $to */
                 $to = $pair['to'];
 
-                if (is_link($to)) {
-                    $this->files->delete($to);
+                if (is_symlink($to)) {
+                    windows_os() ? $this->files->deleteDirectory($to) : $this->files->delete($to);
                 } elseif ($this->files->isDirectory($to)) {
                     $this->files->deleteDirectory($to);
                 }
diff --git a/src/Workbench/Actions/RemoveAssetSymlinkFolders.php b/src/Workbench/Actions/RemoveAssetSymlinkFolders.php
index ce372e9c..30f5f130 100644
--- a/src/Workbench/Actions/RemoveAssetSymlinkFolders.php
+++ b/src/Workbench/Actions/RemoveAssetSymlinkFolders.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
 use Orchestra\Testbench\Contracts\Config as ConfigContract;
 
+use function Orchestra\Sidekick\is_symlink;
 use function Orchestra\Testbench\package_path;
 
 /**
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ public function handle(): void
         $sync = $this->config->getWorkbenchAttributes()['sync'] ?? [];
 
         Collection::make($sync)
-            ->map(static function ($pair) {
+            ->map(function ($pair) {
                 /** @var bool $reverse */
                 $reverse = isset($pair['reverse']) && \is_bool($pair['reverse']) ? $pair['reverse'] : false;
 
@@ -47,13 +48,9 @@ public function handle(): void
                 /** @var string $to */
                 $to = $reverse === false ? base_path($pair['to']) : package_path($pair['to']);
 
-                if (windows_os() && is_dir($to) && readlink($to) !== $to) {
-                    return [$to, static function ($to) {
-                        @rmdir($to);
-                    }];
-                } elseif (is_link($to)) {
-                    return [$to, static function ($to) {
-                        @unlink($to);
+                if (is_symlink($to)) {
+                    return [$to, function ($to) {
+                        windows_os() ? $this->files->deleteDirectory($to) : $this->files->delete($to);
                     }];
                 }
 
diff --git a/tests/TestCase.php b/tests/TestCase.php
index 9e1ac544..548db924 100644
--- a/tests/TestCase.php
+++ b/tests/TestCase.php
@@ -4,9 +4,5 @@
 
 abstract class TestCase extends \Orchestra\Testbench\TestCase
 {
-    /** {@inheritDoc} */
-    protected function getApplicationBasePath()
-    {
-        return static::applicationBasePath();
-    }
+    //
 }