diff --git a/recipes/dash/recipe.sh b/recipes/dash/recipe.sh
index 27c87435f..26c147b78 100644
--- a/recipes/dash/recipe.sh
+++ b/recipes/dash/recipe.sh
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ function recipe_clean {
 function recipe_stage {
     dest="$(realpath $1)"
     make DESTDIR="$dest" install
-    echo -e '#!/bin/ion\ndash @args[1..]' > "$1/bin/sh"
-    chmod a+x "$1/bin/sh"
+    ln -s "dash" "$1/bin/sh"
     skip=1
 }
diff --git a/recipes/gcc/recipe.sh b/recipes/gcc/recipe.sh
index a27002e6d..fecb84728 100644
--- a/recipes/gcc/recipe.sh
+++ b/recipes/gcc/recipe.sh
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ function recipe_stage {
     dest="$(realpath $1)"
     make DESTDIR="$dest" install-gcc install-target-libgcc
     find "$dest"/{bin,libexec} -exec x86_64-elf-redox-strip {} ';' 2> /dev/null
-    echo -e '#!/bin/ion\ngcc @args[1..]' > "$1/bin/cc"
-    chmod a+x "$1/bin/cc"
+    ln -s "gcc" "$1/bin/cc"
     skip=1
 }