diff --git a/BUILD b/BUILD
index 398336af4..195c6572d 100644
--- a/BUILD
+++ b/BUILD
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ genrule(
           "  A=$$(dirname $$s); " +
           "  B=$${A/assets/}; " +
           "  mkdir -p $(@D)/baselab$${B}; " +
-          "  ln -s -L -t $(@D)/baselab$${B} $$($(location //deepmind/support:realpath) $${s}); " +
+          "  ln -s $$($(location //deepmind/support:realpath) $${s}) $(@D)/baselab$${B}; " +
           "done",
     tools = ["//deepmind/support:realpath"],
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
@@ -716,7 +716,7 @@ genrule(
     cmd = "for s in $(SRCS); do " +
           "  A=$$(dirname $$s); " +
           "  mkdir -p $(@D)/baselab/$${A}; " +
-          "  ln -s -L -t $(@D)/baselab/$${A} $$($(location //deepmind/support:realpath) $${s}); " +
+          "  ln -s $$($(location //deepmind/support:realpath) $${s}) $(@D)/baselab/$${A}; " +
           "done",
     tools = ["//deepmind/support:realpath"],
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ genrule(
     outs = ["baselab/maps" + f[len("assets/maps/built"):] for f in BUILT_MAPS],
     cmd = "for s in $(SRCS); do " +
           "  mkdir -p $(@D)/baselab/maps; " +
-          "  ln -s -L -t $(@D)/baselab/maps $$($(location //deepmind/support:realpath) $${s}); " +
+          "  ln -s $$($(location //deepmind/support:realpath) $${s}) $(@D)/baselab/maps; " +
           "done",
     tools = ["//deepmind/support:realpath"],
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
@@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ genrule(
         CODE_DIR + "/q3_ui/ui.qvm",
     ],
     outs = ["baselab/vm.pk3"],
-    cmd = "A=$$(pwd); mkdir $(@D)/vm; ln -s -r -t $(@D)/vm -- $(SRCS); (cd $(@D); zip --quiet -r $${A}/$(OUTS) -- vm)",
+    cmd = "A=$$(pwd); mkdir $(@D)/vm; ln $(SRCS) $(@D)/vm; (cd $(@D); zip --quiet -r $${A}/$(OUTS) vm)",
     visibility = ["//testing:__subpackages__"],
 )
 
diff --git a/bazel/libxml.BUILD b/bazel/libxml.BUILD
index cf2dcd360..425d7ea4b 100644
--- a/bazel/libxml.BUILD
+++ b/bazel/libxml.BUILD
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ genrule(
         "include/libxml/xmlversion.h",
     ],
     cmd = "./$(location configure) --silent --without-lzma " +
-          "&& cp --verbose -- config.h $(location config.h) " +
-          "&& cp --verbose -- include/libxml/xmlversion.h $(location include/libxml/xmlversion.h)",
+          "&& cp config.h $(location config.h) " +
+          "&& cp include/libxml/xmlversion.h $(location include/libxml/xmlversion.h)",
 )
 
 cc_library(
diff --git a/deepmind/level_generation/compile_map.sh b/deepmind/level_generation/compile_map.sh
index 13c6b43d7..df65227d6 100755
--- a/deepmind/level_generation/compile_map.sh
+++ b/deepmind/level_generation/compile_map.sh
@@ -70,9 +70,9 @@ readonly MPF="$(basename "${MAPBASE}")"
 readonly MPB="${MPF/.map/}"
 
 if [[ -n $MAP_LOCATION ]]; then
-  mkdir --parents -- "${DIR}"
-  cp --force -- "${MAP_LOCATION}" "${MAPBASE}.map"
-  chmod 660 -- "${MAPBASE}.map"
+  mkdir -p "${DIR}"
+  cp --force "${MAP_LOCATION}" "${MAPBASE}.map"
+  chmod 660 "${MAPBASE}.map"
 fi
 
 function die {
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ check_exe "${BSPC}" "bspc"
 ## Main logic
 
 function clean_up {
-  rm --force -- "${DIR}/${MPB}."{bsp,map,prt,srf}
+  rm -f "${DIR}/${MPB}."{bsp,map,prt,srf}
 }
 
 # Step 1: q3map2 to generate the BSP
@@ -113,23 +113,23 @@ fi
 
 # Step 3: Zip .bsp and .aas into a .pk3 archive.
 
-mkdir --parents -- "${DIR}/maps"
+mkdir -p "${DIR}/maps"
 if [[ $GENERATE_AAS = true ]]; then
-  mv --target-directory="${DIR}/maps" -- "${DIR}/${MPB}.bsp" "${DIR}/${MPB}.aas"
+  mv "${DIR}/${MPB}.bsp" "${DIR}/${MPB}.aas" "${DIR}/maps"
 else
-  mv --target-directory="${DIR}/maps" -- "${DIR}/${MPB}.bsp"
+  mv "${DIR}/${MPB}.bsp" "${DIR}/maps"
 fi
 
-rm -f -- "${DIR}/${MPB}.pk3"
+rm -f "${DIR}/${MPB}.pk3"
 if [[ $GENERATE_AAS = true ]]; then
-  (cd -- "${DIR}" && zip "${MPB}.pk3" -- "maps/${MPB}.bsp" "maps/${MPB}.aas")
-  rm -- "${DIR}/maps/${MPB}.bsp" "${DIR}/maps/${MPB}.aas"
+  (cd "${DIR}" && zip "${MPB}.pk3" "maps/${MPB}.bsp" "maps/${MPB}.aas")
+  rm "${DIR}/maps/${MPB}.bsp" "${DIR}/maps/${MPB}.aas"
 else
-  (cd -- "${DIR}" && zip "${MPB}.pk3" -- "maps/${MPB}.bsp")
-  rm -- "${DIR}/maps/${MPB}.bsp"
+  (cd "${DIR}" && zip "${MPB}.pk3" "maps/${MPB}.bsp")
+  rm "${DIR}/maps/${MPB}.bsp"
 fi
 
-rmdir -- "${DIR}/maps"
+rmdir "${DIR}/maps"
 clean_up
 
 # Done!