diff --git a/scripts/link_dotfiles.sh b/scripts/link_dotfiles.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 66a1e30..0000000
--- a/scripts/link_dotfiles.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-for dotfile in *; do
-    if [ "${dotfile}" != "scripts" ]; then
-        echo ln -sf "$(pwd)/${dotfile}" "~/.${dotfile}"
-    fi
-done
-
diff --git a/scripts/make_links.sh b/scripts/make_links.sh
index 66a1e30..85f7725 100755
--- a/scripts/make_links.sh
+++ b/scripts/make_links.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 for dotfile in *; do
     if [ "${dotfile}" != "scripts" ]; then
-        echo ln -sf "$(pwd)/${dotfile}" "~/.${dotfile}"
+        echo "linking ${dotfile}"
+        ln -sf "$(pwd)/${dotfile}" "$HOME/.${dotfile}"
     fi
 done