diff --git a/bin/update-default-backgrounds b/bin/update-default-backgrounds
index fb1e2e18..939a18fc 100755
--- a/bin/update-default-backgrounds
+++ b/bin/update-default-backgrounds
@@ -26,4 +26,5 @@ sed -i "s/defaultFileSuffix=.*/defaultFileSuffix=${DESKTOP_BACKGROUND_PURPLE_EXT
 # default background symlink for XFCE
 mkdir -p share/backgrounds/kali-16x9
 ln -sf $DESKTOP_BACKGROUND${DESKTOP_BACKGROUND_EXTENSION} share/backgrounds/kali-16x9/default
-ln -sf $DESKTOP_BACKGROUND_PURPLE${DESKTOP_BACKGROUND_PURPLE_EXTENSION} share/backgrounds/kali-16x9/default-purple
+sed -i '/default-purple/d' debian/kali-themes-purple.links
+echo "/usr/share/backgrounds/kali-16x9/${DESKTOP_BACKGROUND_PURPLE}${DESKTOP_BACKGROUND_PURPLE_EXTENSION} /usr/share/backgrounds/kali-16x9/default-purple" >> debian/kali-themes-purple.links
diff --git a/debian/kali-themes-purple.links b/debian/kali-themes-purple.links
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1d815d03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/kali-themes-purple.links
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/usr/share/backgrounds/kali-16x9/kali-purple-whirlwind.jpg /usr/share/backgrounds/kali-16x9/default-purple
diff --git a/share/backgrounds/kali-16x9/default-purple b/share/backgrounds/kali-16x9/default-purple
deleted file mode 120000
index 0810d9b6..00000000
--- a/share/backgrounds/kali-16x9/default-purple
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-kali-purple-whirlwind.jpg
\ No newline at end of file