diff --git a/fail2ban/tests/config/filter.d/common.conf b/fail2ban/tests/config/filter.d/common.conf
deleted file mode 120000
index 83e92474..00000000
--- a/fail2ban/tests/config/filter.d/common.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../../../../config/filter.d/common.conf
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/fail2ban/tests/config/filter.d/zzz-generic-example.conf b/fail2ban/tests/config/filter.d/zzz-generic-example.conf
index 8d1f2ae9..c50f4dc6 100644
--- a/fail2ban/tests/config/filter.d/zzz-generic-example.conf
+++ b/fail2ban/tests/config/filter.d/zzz-generic-example.conf
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 # Read common prefixes. If any customizations available -- read them from
 # common.local.  common.conf is a symlink to the original common.conf and
 # should be copied (dereferenced) during installation
-before = common.conf
+before = ../../../../config/filter.d/common.conf
 
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