diff --git a/source/dub/generators/generator.d b/source/dub/generators/generator.d
index 75a158e..7db601e 100644
--- a/source/dub/generators/generator.d
+++ b/source/dub/generators/generator.d
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@
 					if (de.isDirectory) {
 						copyFolderRec(folder ~ de.name, dstfolder ~ de.name);
 					} else {
-						try copyFile(folder ~ de.name, dstfolder ~ de.name, true);
+						try hardLinkFile(folder ~ de.name, dstfolder ~ de.name, true);
 						catch (Exception e) {
 							logWarn("Failed to copy file %s: %s", (folder ~ de.name).toNativeString(), e.msg);
 						}
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@
 				}
 				logDiagnostic("  %s to %s", src.toNativeString(), dst.toNativeString());
 				try {
-					copyFile(src, dst, true);
+					hardLinkFile(src, dst, true);
 				} catch(Exception e) logWarn("Failed to copy %s to %s: %s", src.toNativeString(), dst.toNativeString(), e.msg);
 			}
 			logInfo("Copying files for %s...", pack);