diff --git a/webapp/scripts/prepareEE.cjs b/webapp/scripts/prepareEE.cjs
index ade7323eb9..a0aca9e6e8 100644
--- a/webapp/scripts/prepareEE.cjs
+++ b/webapp/scripts/prepareEE.cjs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // if src/ee exists copy the webapp/src/eePlugin.ee.tsx to webapp/src/eePlugin.local.tsx
 // else copy the webapp/src/eePlugin.oss.tsx to webapp/src/eePlugin.local.tsx
 
-const { existsSync, copyFileSync } = require('fs');
+const { existsSync, symlinkSync, unlinkSync } = require('fs');
 const { join } = require('path');
 
 const srcDir = join(__dirname, '../src/ee');
@@ -9,8 +9,12 @@ const eePluginEe = join(__dirname, '../src/eePlugin.ee.tsx');
 const eePluginOss = join(__dirname, '../src/eePlugin.oss.tsx');
 const eePluginLocal = join(__dirname, '../src/eePlugin.local.tsx');
 
+if (existsSync(eePluginLocal)) {
+  unlinkSync(eePluginLocal);
+}
+
 if (existsSync(srcDir)) {
-  copyFileSync(eePluginEe, eePluginLocal);
+  symlinkSync(eePluginEe, eePluginLocal);
 } else {
-  copyFileSync(eePluginOss, eePluginLocal);
+  symlinkSync(eePluginOss, eePluginLocal);
 }