diff --git a/src/zmapMake/common.targets b/src/zmapMake/common.targets
index 93fc95332d0dbe872bc9cfd71fea8a8490db70aa..ebb3e1b51322eabd728125ed5ca950f6687e20d6 100755
--- a/src/zmapMake/common.targets
+++ b/src/zmapMake/common.targets
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ $(CURRENT_LIB) : $(CURRENT_DEP) $(CURRENT_OBJ)
 $(CURRENT_AR) : $(CURRENT_DEP) $(CURRENT_SRC)
 
 $(CURRENT_SRC) : forcemake
-	$(TEST) -L $(BINDIR)/$@ || ln -s `pwd`/$@ $(BINDIR) 
+	@$(TEST) -L $(BINDIR)/$@ || ln -s `pwd`/$@ $(BINDIR) 
 
 clean :
 	cd $(BINDIR) ; rm -f $(CURRENT_SRC)