diff --git a/home/.bin/date b/home/.bin/date
deleted file mode 120000
index 9104b97..0000000
--- a/home/.bin/date
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/opt/homebrew/bin//gdate
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/home/.bin/readlink b/home/.bin/readlink
deleted file mode 120000
index b0f307b..0000000
--- a/home/.bin/readlink
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/opt/homebrew/bin//greadlink
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/home/.bin/sed b/home/.bin/sed
deleted file mode 120000
index 940fe5e..0000000
--- a/home/.bin/sed
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/opt/homebrew/bin//gsed
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/home/.dotfiles/aliases b/home/.dotfiles/aliases
index 445a12c..2d5e70d 100644
--- a/home/.dotfiles/aliases
+++ b/home/.dotfiles/aliases
@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@ alias watch='watch '
 alias tmp='cd $(mktemp -d)'
 
 # Ensure GNU version of tools are used by default (symlink so they are picked up in scripts also)
-which greadlink &>/dev/null && ln -sfn `which greadlink` ~/.bin/readlink
-which gsed &>/dev/null && ln -sfn `which gsed` ~/.bin/sed
-which gdate &>/dev/null && ln -sfn `which gdate` ~/.bin/date
-which gbase64 &>/dev/null && ln -sfn `which gbase64` ~/.bin/base64
+which greadlink &>/dev/null && ln -sfn `which greadlink` /usr/local/bin/readlink
+which gsed &>/dev/null && ln -sfn `which gsed` /usr/local/bin/sed
+which gdate &>/dev/null && ln -sfn `which gdate` /usr/local/bin/date
+which gbase64 &>/dev/null && ln -sfn `which gbase64` /usr/local/bin/base64
 
 lt() {
   DEPTH=$(echo $1 | grep "^[0-9]*$")