diff --git a/build-kernel.sh b/build-kernel.sh
index b2ae962..50e2ba2 100755
--- a/build-kernel.sh
+++ b/build-kernel.sh
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ O="${1}"
 
 . "${CONFIGDIR:=${PWD}}"/config
 
-PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="${CONFIGDIR}"/portage/host \
-emerge -vnj ${kernel_pkg}
+USE=symlink \
+emerge -vnuUj ${kernel_pkg}
 
 export ARCH=arm64 CROSS_COMPILE=${target}-
 unset MAKEFLAGS MAKEOVERRIDES MAKELEVEL