diff --git a/scripts/install-git-hooks b/scripts/install-git-hooks
index ed1641a..349a944 100755
--- a/scripts/install-git-hooks
+++ b/scripts/install-git-hooks
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 cdup=$(git rev-parse --show-cdup) || exit
 cd "${cdup:-./}" || exit
 GIT_DIR=$(git rev-parse --git-dir) || exit
+SCRIPTS_DIR=$(dirname "$(readlink -f "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")")
 
 check_snippet()
 {
@@ -119,22 +120,10 @@ check_scripts()
     is_eq "$GIT_DIR"/hooks/kernel-source-pre-commit scripts/git-pre-commit
 }
 
-# try to create a relative symlink if possible
-relative_scripts_dir()
-{
-    local toplevel=$PWD
-    if test "$toplevel/.git" -ef "$GIT_DIR"; then
-        echo "../../scripts"
-    else
-        echo "$toplevel/scripts"
-    fi
-}
-
 install_scripts()
 {
     chmod +x "$GIT_DIR"/hooks/pre-commit
-    dir=$(relative_scripts_dir)
-    ln -sf "$dir"/git-pre-commit "$GIT_DIR"/hooks/kernel-source-pre-commit
+    ln -rfs "$SCRIPTS_DIR"/git-pre-commit "$GIT_DIR"/hooks/kernel-source-pre-commit
     if test -r "$GIT_DIR"/hooks/pre-merge-commit ; then
         echo "Cannot install pre-merge-commit hook, upstream your hook to kernel-source/scripts"
     else