diff --git a/setup-timezone.in b/setup-timezone.in
index 4192465598fb0ce32247b408827f0b5bcc91f936..6964f6955edc79c9ae240beecbe92afe5e73b3f8 100644
--- a/setup-timezone.in
+++ b/setup-timezone.in
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ setup_tz() {
 		cp "$zonepath" "${ROOT}"etc/zoneinfo/$zdir/
 		zonepath=/etc/zoneinfo/$zone
 	fi
-	rm -f "${ROOT}"etc/zoneinfo/localtime
-	ln -s "$zonepath" "${ROOT}"etc/zoneinfo/localtime
+	rm -f "${ROOT}"etc/localtime
+	ln -s "$zonepath" "${ROOT}"etc/localtime
 }
 
 INSTALL_TZDATA=false