diff --git a/beetsplug/alternatives.py b/beetsplug/alternatives.py
index df229fd..d1ca4d5 100644
--- a/beetsplug/alternatives.py
+++ b/beetsplug/alternatives.py
@@ -419,16 +419,11 @@ def item_change_actions(self, item: Item, path: bytes, dest: bytes):
         """Returns the necessary actions for items that were previously in the
         external collection, but might require metadata updates.
         """
-        actions = []
-
-        if path != dest:
-            # The path of the link itself changed
-            actions.append(Action.MOVE)
-        elif not util.samefile(path, item.path):
-            # link target changed
-            actions.append(Action.MOVE)
 
-        return actions
+        if path != dest or not util.samefile(os.readlink(path), item.path):
+            return [Action.MOVE]
+        else:
+            return []
 
     @override
     def update(self, create=None):
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d572d2e..c32ecce 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ typeguard = "^4.1.5"
 typing-extensions = "^4.9.0"
 
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
-addopts = "--cov --cov-report=term --cov-report=html"
+addopts = "--cov --cov-report=term --cov-report=html --cov-branch"
 filterwarnings = [
   "error",
   "ignore:.*imghdr.*:DeprecationWarning:mediafile",
diff --git a/test/cli_test.py b/test/cli_test.py
index 7342239..75a3f79 100644
--- a/test/cli_test.py
+++ b/test/cli_test.py
@@ -173,53 +173,33 @@ def test_add_move_remove_album_relative(self):
         self.alt_config["link_type"] = "relative"
         self.test_add_move_remove_album(absolute=False)
 
-    def test_add_update_move_album(self):
-        """Test that symlinks are properly updated and no broken links left
-        when an item's path in the library changes.
-        Since moving the items causes the links in the symlink view to be
-        broken, this situation used to be incorrectly detected as
-        addition of new items, such that the old links weren't removed.
-        Contrast this to the `test_add_move_remove_album` test, in which the
-        old links do not break upon changing the path format.
-        * An album is added.
-        * The album name is changed, which also causes the tracks to be moved.
-        * The symlink view is updated.
-        """
+    def test_update_link_target(self, tmp_path: Path):
+        """Link targets are updated when the item has moved in the library"""
+
         self.add_album(artist="Michael Jackson", album="Thriller", year="1990")
 
         self.runcli("alt", "update", "by-year")
 
-        by_year_path = self.libdir / "by-year/1990/Thriller/track 1.mp3"
+        alt_path = self.libdir / "by-year/1990/Thriller/track 1.mp3"
         assert_symlink(
-            link=by_year_path,
+            link=alt_path,
             target=self.libdir / "Michael Jackson/Thriller/track 1.mp3",
             absolute=True,
         )
 
-        # `-y` skips the prompt, `-a` updates album-level fields, `-m` forces
-        # actually moving the files
-        self.runcli("mod", "-y", "-a", "-m", "Thriller", "album=Thriller (Remastered)")
+        new_libdir = tmp_path / "newlib"
+        new_libdir.mkdir()
+        self.runcli("move", "-a", "-d", str(new_libdir), "Thriller")
         self.runcli("alt", "update", "by-year")
 
         assert_symlink(
-            link=self.libdir / "by-year/1990/Thriller (Remastered)/track 1.mp3",
-            target=self.libdir / "Michael Jackson/Thriller (Remastered)/track 1.mp3",
+            link=alt_path,
+            target=new_libdir / "Michael Jackson/Thriller/track 1.mp3",
             absolute=True,
         )
 
-    def test_valid_options(self):
-        """Test that an error is raised when option is invalid
-        * Config link type is invalid
-        * An album is added
-        * A confuse.ConfigValueError is raised
-        """
+    def test_invalid_link_type(self):
         self.alt_config["link_type"] = "Hylian"
-        self.add_album(
-            artist="Michael Jackson",
-            album="Thriller",
-            year="1990",
-            original_year="1982",
-        )
 
         with pytest.raises(ConfigValueError):
             self.runcli("alt", "update", "by-year")