diff --git a/hooks/no-merged-usr/essential00.sh b/hooks/no-merged-usr/essential00.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index fac6928..0000000
--- a/hooks/no-merged-usr/essential00.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-set -eu
-
-if [ "${MMDEBSTRAP_VERBOSITY:-1}" -ge 3 ]; then
-        set -x
-fi
-
-TARGET="$1"
-
-APT_CONFIG=$MMDEBSTRAP_APT_CONFIG apt-get --yes install -oDPkg::Chroot-Directory="$TARGET" usr-is-merged
-
-chroot "$TARGET" dpkg-query --showformat '${db:Status-Status}\n' --show usr-is-merged | grep -q '^installed$'
-chroot "$TARGET" dpkg-query --showformat '${Source}\n' --show usr-is-merged | grep -q '^usrmerge$'
-dpkg --compare-versions "1" "lt" "$(chroot "$TARGET" dpkg-query --showformat '${Version}\n' --show usr-is-merged)"
diff --git a/hooks/no-merged-usr/essential00.sh b/hooks/no-merged-usr/essential00.sh
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..5360c8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hooks/no-merged-usr/essential00.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../merged-usr/essential00.sh
\ No newline at end of file