diff --git a/build/workspaces/update-workspaces.sh b/build/workspaces/update-workspaces.sh
index c8bd63aa6d..0a884670c5 100755
--- a/build/workspaces/update-workspaces.sh
+++ b/build/workspaces/update-workspaces.sh
@@ -1,26 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-# build/workspaces/
+cd "$(dirname $0)"
+# Now in build/workspaces/ (where we assume this script resides)
 
-start_dir=$(pwd)
-premake_dir=$(pwd)/../premake
-workspace_dir=$(pwd)/gcc
-mkdir "$workspace_dir" 2>/dev/null
-
-cd "$premake_dir"
-
-# build/premake/
+# Make sure workspaces/gcc exists.
+mkdir -p gcc
 
+# Now build premake and run it to create the makefiles
+cd ../premake
 make -C src
-HOSTTYPE=$HOSTTYPE ./premake --outpath "$workspace_dir" --atlas --collada "$@" --target gnu
-
-# These files need to be linked; premake makefiles assume that the
-# lua file is accessible from the makefile directory
-
-cd "$workspace_dir"
-ln -f -s "$premake_dir"/premake.lua "$premake_dir"/functions.lua .
-if [ -x "$premake_dir"/premake ]; then
-    ln -f -s "$premake_dir"/premake .
-fi
-
-cd "$start_dir"
+src/bin/premake --outpath ../workspaces/gcc --atlas --collada "$@" --target gnu