diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5f0bb10..8243e5f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -29,18 +29,6 @@ npm install
 oak-rebuild $(pwd) #directory path of wherever you want to rebuild
 ```
 
-> Mac Tip: readlink is missing from OSX.
->  
-> To fix this run these commands:
->  
-> ```
-> brew install coreutils
-> sudo ln -s /usr/local/bin/greadlink /usr/local/bin/readlink
-> ./node_modules/.bin/oak-rebuild
-> ```
->  
-> This will allow readlink to work on OSX
-
 ### Locally
 
 If you want to use a local version, you can install and execute oak from the `.bin` folder.
diff --git a/bin/rebuild b/bin/rebuild
index 9ad33b9..20c3c72 100755
--- a/bin/rebuild
+++ b/bin/rebuild
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 # at the right headers, not the local node version headers that are the default
 # configuration of local npm
 
-OAK_PATH=$(readlink -f "$(pwd)/$(dirname "${0}")/oak")
-REBUILD_PATH=$(readlink -f ${1:-$(pwd)})
+OAK_PATH=$(realpath -e "$(pwd)/$(dirname "${0}")/oak")
+REBUILD_PATH=$(realpath -e ${1:-$(pwd)})
 
 echo ""
 echo "* Rebuilding node_modules at $REBUILD_PATH"
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 7b2023d..bc86679 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -30,17 +30,6 @@ oak-rebuild $(pwd) #directory path of wherever you want to rebuild
 ```
 
 > Mac Tip: readlink is missing from OSX.
->  
-> To fix this run these commands:
->  
-> ```
-> brew install coreutils
-> sudo ln -s /usr/local/bin/greadlink /usr/local/bin/readlink
-> ./node_modules/.bin/oak-rebuild
-> ```
->  
-> This will allow readlink to work on OSX
->
 > Also make sure you have installed the XCode Commandline Tools
 > `xcode-select --install`