diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index c8e57bca..7e73072e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -27,5 +27,5 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v22
-      - run: ln -s hardware/laptop.nix example/hardware-configuration.nix
+      - run: cp ./hardware/laptop.nix ./example/hardware-configuration.nix
       - run: nix flake check ./example --no-write-lock-file --override-input nix-config "git+file://$(pwd | sed -e 's/\s/%20/g')?shallow=1"