diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fdcab83d8e53a..bea9c1f4c4678 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@
     "start:debug": "node --inspect-brk node_modules/.bin/react-native start",
     "start:inside-gb:debug": "node --inspect-brk node_modules/.bin/react-native start:inside-gb",
     "android": "react-native run-android",
-    "wpandroid": "yarn android --root wpandroidlink --variant wasabiDebug --appIdSuffix beta --appFolder WordPress --main-activity=ui.WPLaunchActivity",
+    "prewpandroid": "rm -Rf $TMPDIR/gbmobile-wpandroidfakernroot && mkdir $TMPDIR/gbmobile-wpandroidfakernroot && ln -s $(cd \"$(dirname \"../../../\")\"; pwd) $TMPDIR/gbmobile-wpandroidfakernroot/android",
+    "wpandroid": "yarn android --root $TMPDIR/gbmobile-wpandroidfakernroot --variant wasabiDebug --appIdSuffix beta --appFolder WordPress --main-activity=ui.WPLaunchActivity",
     "preios": "yarn preios:carthage",
     "preios:carthage": "cd react-native-aztec && yarn install-aztec-ios",
     "ios": "react-native run-ios",
diff --git a/wpandroidlink/android b/wpandroidlink/android
deleted file mode 120000
index 1b20c9fb816b6..0000000000000
--- a/wpandroidlink/android
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../../../
\ No newline at end of file