diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9c45c472..1af0950a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -622,7 +622,17 @@ if (WIN32)
 	include_directories($ENV{VLD_DIR}/include)
 endif ()
 
-# Linux package
 if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
+	# symlinks for data
+	message(STATUS "create symlink: "
+		"${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/bin/app/data ->"
+		"${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/app/data")
+	execute_process(
+		COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
+		"-E" "create_symlink"
+		"${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/bin/app/data"
+		"${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/app/data"
+	)
+	# Linux package
 	include(cmake/LinuxPackage.cmake)
 endif  ()
diff --git a/script/setup.sh b/script/setup.sh
index c70e4952..5bbda8a3 100755
--- a/script/setup.sh
+++ b/script/setup.sh
@@ -149,12 +149,6 @@ if [ $PLATFORM == "Windows" ]; then
 	cmd //c 'mklink /d /j '$BACKSLASHED_ROOT_DIR'\build\win64\Debug\app\user '$BACKSLASHED_ROOT_DIR'\bin\app\user' &
 	cmd //c 'mklink /d /j '$BACKSLASHED_ROOT_DIR'\build\win64\Release\app\data '$BACKSLASHED_ROOT_DIR'\bin\app\data' &
 	cmd //c 'mklink /d /j '$BACKSLASHED_ROOT_DIR'\build\win64\Release\app\user '$BACKSLASHED_ROOT_DIR'\bin\app\user' &
-elif [ $PLATFORM == "Linux" ]; then
-	cd $ROOT_DIR/build/Release/app
-	ln -s -f $ROOT_DIR/bin/app/data
-	cd $ROOT_DIR/build/Debug/app
-	ln -s -f $ROOT_DIR/bin/app/data
-	cd $ROOT_DIR
 fi
 
 # Setup both Debug and Release configuration