diff --git a/examples/contacts/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/contacts/CMakeLists.txt
index 093deb6d..7e62a4e0 100644
--- a/examples/contacts/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/contacts/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -39,9 +39,7 @@ else()
   set(lrelease_exe Qt5::lrelease)
 endif()
 
-execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E create_symlink "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../scripts" "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/scripts")
-
-set( LINGUIST_TS_ARGS COMMAND "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/scripts/extract_strings_linguist.py"
+set( LINGUIST_TS_ARGS COMMAND "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/../../scripts/extract_strings_linguist.py"
   "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/themes/linguist/bashful/*.html"
   "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/themes/linguist/sneezy/*.html"
   "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/themes/linguist/sleepy/*.html"