diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index d798c073f996b15fbaff4302f2690583d954fde4..fbda6a14321e8966fcab07ebe695cc313f31440d 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -3426,7 +3426,6 @@ MAC/Deployment/data/StaticMetaData/RSPConnections_test.dat -text
 MAC/Deployment/data/StaticMetaData/RSPDriver.conf.test -text
 MAC/Deployment/data/StaticMetaData/RemoteStation.conf.test -text
 MAC/Deployment/data/StaticMetaData/SourceCatalog.conf -text
-MAC/Deployment/data/StaticMetaData/StaticMetaData -text
 MAC/Deployment/data/StaticMetaData/StationAttenuation.dat -text
 MAC/Deployment/data/StaticMetaData/StationInfo.dat -text
 MAC/Deployment/data/StaticMetaData/Storage+MAC.dat -text
diff --git a/MAC/Deployment/data/StaticMetaData/CMakeLists.txt b/MAC/Deployment/data/StaticMetaData/CMakeLists.txt
index aa733c417f2e49ae031c393e2415ac3d22729706..71266e4b37742f126b5199dc2a608deb0495e90d 100644
--- a/MAC/Deployment/data/StaticMetaData/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/MAC/Deployment/data/StaticMetaData/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@ lofar_add_sysconf_files(
 # relative dir as in the source, hence we've put a symlink
 # StaticMetaData -> . in this directory.
 file(GLOB staticmeta_data RELATIVE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}"
-  StaticMetaData/*.tmpl 
-  StaticMetaData/*.test 
-  StaticMetaData/*.dat 
-  StaticMetaData/AntennaArrays/*.conf*
-  StaticMetaData/AntennaPos/*.conf*
-  StaticMetaData/CableDelays/*.conf*
-  StaticMetaData/iHBADeltas/*.conf*
-  StaticMetaData/AntennaFields/*.conf*
-  StaticMetaData/Attenuation/*.conf*)
-lofar_add_sysconf_files(${staticmeta_data})
+  *.tmpl 
+  *.test 
+  *.dat 
+  AntennaArrays/*.conf*
+  AntennaPos/*.conf*
+  CableDelays/*.conf*
+  iHBADeltas/*.conf*
+  AntennaFields/*.conf*
+  Attenuation/*.conf*)
+lofar_add_sysconf_files(${staticmeta_data} DESTINATION StaticMetaData)
diff --git a/MAC/Deployment/data/StaticMetaData/StaticMetaData b/MAC/Deployment/data/StaticMetaData/StaticMetaData
deleted file mode 120000
index 945c9b46d684f08ec84cb316e1dc0061e361f794..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/MAC/Deployment/data/StaticMetaData/StaticMetaData
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-.
\ No newline at end of file