diff --git a/board/myna-player-odyssey/scripts/rootfs_postbuild.sh b/board/myna-player-odyssey/scripts/rootfs_postbuild.sh
index 50a5be6..ec92637 100755
--- a/board/myna-player-odyssey/scripts/rootfs_postbuild.sh
+++ b/board/myna-player-odyssey/scripts/rootfs_postbuild.sh
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@
 
 set -e
 
-# set up rauc certificate links
-
-"${BR2_EXTERNAL_MynaPlayer_PATH}"/scripts/rauc_fixups.sh
 . "${BR2_EXTERNAL_MynaPlayer_PATH}"/scripts/certs.sh
 
 # copy machine-id into the target
diff --git a/external.mk b/external.mk
index 7822e24..8ee8019 100644
--- a/external.mk
+++ b/external.mk
@@ -8,3 +8,8 @@
 pre-clean:
 	rm -rf $(MAGIC_PLACE)
 	rm -rf $(KERNEL_PLACE)
+
+rauc-fixups:
+	$(BR2_EXTERNAL_MynaPlayer_PATH)/scripts/rauc_fixups.sh
+
+world: rauc-fixups
diff --git a/scripts/rauc_fixups.sh b/scripts/rauc_fixups.sh
index 87da29f..0f1c639 100755
--- a/scripts/rauc_fixups.sh
+++ b/scripts/rauc_fixups.sh
@@ -6,15 +6,14 @@
 
 . "${BR2_EXTERNAL_MynaPlayer_PATH}"/scripts/certs.sh
 
-# creating directory to store symlinks in
+# creating a clean directory to store copies of files in
 
-mkdir -p "${BR2_EXTERNAL_MynaPlayer_PATH}"/certs
+CERTS_DIR="${BR2_EXTERNAL_MynaPlayer_PATH}"/certs
+test -d "${CERTS_DIR}" && rm -r "${CERTS_DIR}"
+mkdir -p "${CERTS_DIR}"
 
-# lets create the appropriate symlinks to use later with genimage as well as in rootfs_postbuild.sh
+# lets copy the appropriate files to use later with genimage as well as in rootfs_postbuild.sh
 
-ln -sf "${RAUC_CERTIFICATE_AUTHORITY}" \
-	"${BR2_EXTERNAL_MynaPlayer_PATH}"/certs/keyring.pem
-ln -sf "${RAUC_PRIVATE_KEY}" \
-	"${BR2_EXTERNAL_MynaPlayer_PATH}"/certs/signing.key
-ln -sf "${RAUC_PUBLIC_KEY}" \
-	"${BR2_EXTERNAL_MynaPlayer_PATH}"/certs/signing.crt
+cp "${RAUC_CERTIFICATE_AUTHORITY}" "${CERTS_DIR}"/keyring.pem
+cp "${RAUC_PRIVATE_KEY}" "${CERTS_DIR}"/signing.key
+cp "${RAUC_PUBLIC_KEY}" "${CERTS_DIR}"/signing.crt