diff --git a/bits_helpers/sync.py b/bits_helpers/sync.py
index 18d59f76..2531f5ac 100644
--- a/bits_helpers/sync.py
+++ b/bits_helpers/sync.py
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ def fetch_symlinks(self, spec) -> None:
     # Exit without error in case we do not have any package published
     test -d "{remote_store}/{cvmfs_architecture}/Packages/{package}" || exit 0
     mkdir -p "{workDir}/{links_path}"
-    for install_path in $(find "{remote_store}/{cvmfs_architecture}/Packages/{package}" -type d -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1); do
+    for install_path in $(find "{remote_store}/{cvmfs_architecture}/Packages/{package}" -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d); do
       full_version="${{install_path##*/}}"
       tarball={package}-$full_version.{architecture}.tar.gz
       pkg_hash=$(cat "${{install_path}}/.build-hash" || jq -r '.package.hash' <${{install_path}}/.meta.json)
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ def fetch_symlinks(self, spec) -> None:
       # Create the dummy tarball, if it does not exists
       test -f "{workDir}/{architecture}/store/${{pkg_hash:0:2}}/$pkg_hash/$tarball" && continue
       mkdir -p "{workDir}/INSTALLROOT/$pkg_hash/{architecture}/{package}"
-      find "{remote_store}/{cvmfs_architecture}/Packages/{package}/$full_version" ! -name etc -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -exec ln -sf {} "{workDir}/INSTALLROOT/$pkg_hash/{architecture}/{package}/" \\;
+      find "{remote_store}/{cvmfs_architecture}/Packages/{package}/$full_version" -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 ! -name etc -exec ln -sf {{}} "{workDir}/INSTALLROOT/$pkg_hash/{architecture}/{package}/" \;
       cp -fr "{remote_store}/{cvmfs_architecture}/Packages/{package}/$full_version/etc" "{workDir}/INSTALLROOT/$pkg_hash/{architecture}/{package}/etc"
       mkdir -p "{workDir}/TARS/{architecture}/store/${{pkg_hash:0:2}}/$pkg_hash"
       tar -C "{workDir}/INSTALLROOT/$pkg_hash" -czf "{workDir}/TARS/{architecture}/store/${{pkg_hash:0:2}}/$pkg_hash/$tarball" .